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admiredly

admiredly adverb: so as to be admired.

Adverb

admiredly (comparative more admiredly, superlative most admiredly)

  1. (archaic) So as to be admired.
    • Never has our University said to her departing sons, “Now you are ready to live admiredly, you can converse, and speak, and write.” Always, I think, have her science and her philology pointed onwards.1872, Edward White Benson (Archbishop of Canterbury), Work; friendship; worship: 3 sermons (page 20)

Forms of admiredly

comparativemore admiredly
superlativemost admiredly

Origin of admiredly

From admired + -ly.

Questions about admiredly

What does admiredly mean?
Admiredly means so as to be admired.
What part of speech is admiredly?
Admiredly is an adverb.

Words near admiredly in the dictionary

  1. admirator
  2. admirators
  3. admire
  4. admireable
  5. admired
  6. admiredly
  7. admiree
  8. admirees
  9. admirer
  10. admirers
  11. admires

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