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beamishly

beamishly adverb: in a beamish manner.

Adverb

beamishly (comparative more beamishly, superlative most beamishly)

  1. In a beamish manner.
    • The mayor smiled beamishly at the resultant cheers, and repeated, “The city welcomes you!”2019, Zachary Michael Jack, March of the Suffragettes, page 33

Forms of beamishly

comparativemore beamishly
superlativemost beamishly

Origin of beamishly

From beamish + -ly.

Questions about beamishly

What does beamishly mean?
Beamishly means in a beamish manner.
What part of speech is beamishly?
Beamishly is an adverb.

Words near beamishly in the dictionary

  1. beamingness
  2. beamings
  3. Beaminster
  4. beamish
  5. Beamishes
  6. beamishly
  7. beamless
  8. beamlet
  9. beamlets
  10. beamlike
  11. beamline

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