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abandonly

abandonly adverb: in a wild and unrestrained manner; abandonedly.

Adverb

abandonly (comparative more abandonly, superlative most abandonly)

  1. In a wild and unrestrained manner; abandonedly.
    • The body, wrapped in many clothes, is borne on a kind of bier, round which men leap wildly and abandonly, trying to touch it.1915, Robert Keable, A City of the Dawn

Forms of abandonly

comparativemore abandonly
superlativemost abandonly

Origin of abandonly

From abandon + -ly.

Questions about abandonly

What does abandonly mean?
Abandonly means in a wild and unrestrained manner; abandonedly.
What part of speech is abandonly?
Abandonly is an adverb.

Words near abandonly in the dictionary

  1. abandonest
  2. abandoneth
  3. abandoning
  4. abandoning ship
  5. abandonings
  6. abandonly
  7. abandonment
  8. abandonments
  9. abandonness
  10. abandons
  11. abandons ship

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