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actorishly

actorishly adverb: in an actorish manner.

Adverb

actorishly (comparative more actorishly, superlative most actorishly)

  1. in an actorish manner
    • Being 26, I flung myself actorishly on London and without any intimations of my own ludicrousness spent two years showing God what I thought of him by letting myself go.2007 November 18, Glen Duncan, “Young Man Behaving Badly”, in New York Times

Forms of actorishly

comparativemore actorishly
superlativemost actorishly

Origin of actorishly

From actorish + -ly.

Questions about actorishly

What does actorishly mean?
Actorishly means in an actorish manner.
What part of speech is actorishly?
Actorishly is an adverb.

Words near actorishly in the dictionary

  1. actorfics
  2. actorial
  3. actorine
  4. actorines
  5. actorish
  6. actorishly
  7. actorishness
  8. actorism
  9. actorlike
  10. actorly
  11. actornaut

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