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aknee

/əˈniː/

aknee adverb: on the knees.

Adverb

aknee (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) On the knees.
    • Aknee they fell before the Prince.1805, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Madoc, London: […] [F]or Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and A[rchibald] Constable and Co, […], by James Ballantyne, […], →OCLC

Origin of aknee

From a- + knee.

Questions about aknee

What does aknee mean?
Aknee means on the knees.
What part of speech is aknee?
Aknee is an adverb.
How do you pronounce aknee?
Aknee is pronounced /əˈniː/.

Words near aknee in the dictionary

  1. aklavinone
  2. akle
  3. aklomide
  4. Akmenė
  5. Akmola
  6. aknee
  7. aknow
  8. aknowledge
  9. Aknīste
  10. akoasm
  11. akoasmic

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