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athletically

athletically adverb: in an athletic manner.

Adverb

athletically (comparative more athletically, superlative most athletically)

  1. In an athletic manner.
    • An email from ICE headquarters to the agency’s top officials on October 5 lamented that “a considerable amount of athletically allergic candidates” had been showing up to the academy; they had “misrepresented” their physical condition on application forms. The email directed leaders at ICE’s field...2025 October 20, Nick Miroff, “ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2025

Forms of athletically

comparativemore athletically
superlativemost athletically

Origin of athletically

From athletic + -ally.

Questions about athletically

What does athletically mean?
Athletically means in an athletic manner.
What part of speech is athletically?
Athletically is an adverb.

Words near athletically in the dictionary

  1. athletic supporter
  2. athletic supporters
  3. athletic tape
  4. athletic tapes
  5. athletical
  6. athletically
  7. athleticism
  8. athleticisms
  9. athleticize
  10. athleticized
  11. athleticizes

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