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anguishly

anguishly adverb: with anguish; anguishedly.

Adverb

anguishly (comparative more anguishly, superlative most anguishly)

  1. (obsolete) With anguish; anguishedly.
    • And so longe dured there the batayle that Sir Bors sate up all angwyshlye and behylde Sir Collegrevaunce, the good knyght, that fought with his brother for his quarell.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI

Forms of anguishly

comparativemore anguishly
superlativemost anguishly

Origin of anguishly

From anguish + -ly.

Questions about anguishly

What does anguishly mean?
Anguishly means with anguish; anguishedly.
What part of speech is anguishly?
Anguishly is an adverb.

Words near anguishly in the dictionary

  1. anguishes
  2. anguishful
  3. anguishing
  4. anguishings
  5. anguishless
  6. anguishly
  7. anguishment
  8. anguishments
  9. anguishous
  10. anguisht
  11. anguivioside

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