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benightedly

benightedly adverb: in a benighted manner.

Adverb

benightedly (comparative more benightedly, superlative most benightedly)

  1. In a benighted manner.
    • "That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 138

Forms of benightedly

comparativemore benightedly
superlativemost benightedly

Origin of benightedly

From benighted + -ly.

Questions about benightedly

What does benightedly mean?
Benightedly means in a benighted manner.
What part of speech is benightedly?
Benightedly is an adverb.

Words near benightedly in the dictionary

  1. benificial
  2. benifit
  3. benifits
  4. benight
  5. benighted
  6. benightedly
  7. benightedness
  8. benighten
  9. benightened
  10. benightening
  11. benightens

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