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adoptedly

adoptedly adverb: by adoption.

Adverb

adoptedly (not comparable)

  1. By adoption.
    • LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
      ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Origin of adoptedly

From adopted + -ly.

Questions about adoptedly

What does adoptedly mean?
Adoptedly means by adoption.
What part of speech is adoptedly?
Adoptedly is an adverb.

Words near adoptedly in the dictionary

  1. adoptative
  2. adoptaversaries
  3. adoptaversary
  4. adopted
  5. adopted out
  6. adoptedly
  7. adoptedst
  8. adoptee
  9. adoptees
  10. adopter
  11. adopters

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