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authorly

authorly adjective: in the manner of an author.

Adjective

authorly (comparative more authorly, superlative most authorly)

  1. In the manner of an author.

Forms of authorly

comparativemore authorly
superlativemost authorly

Origin of authorly

From author + -ly.

Words formed from authorly

Questions about authorly

What does authorly mean?
Authorly means in the manner of an author.
What part of speech is authorly?
Authorly is an adjective.

Words near authorly in the dictionary

  1. authorless
  2. authorlessness
  3. authorlike
  4. authorling
  5. authorlings
  6. authorly
  7. Authorpe
  8. authors
  9. authorship
  10. authorships
  11. AuthorTok

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Adapted from Wiktionary: authorly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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