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benshiply

benshiply is the alternative spelling of beneshiply.

Meaning of beneshiply

Adverb

beneshiply (comparative more beneshiply, superlative most beneshiply)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Excellently
    • The doxy dell can cut bene whids, And wap well for a win, And prig and cloy so beneshiply, All the dewse-a-vill within., x, "O per se O", "The Canting Song", quoted in 2013, The Elizabethan Underworld - a collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts: : Previously published 1930 and 1965 (Routledge), edited by A. V....
    Synonyms:
    excellently

Forms of benshiply

comparativemore benshiply
superlativemost benshiply

Origin of benshiply

From benship + -ly.

Questions about benshiply

What is benshiply the alternative spelling of?
Benshiply is the alternative spelling of beneshiply.

Words near benshiply in the dictionary

  1. benshee
  2. benshees
  3. benshengren
  4. benshi
  5. benship
  6. benshiply
  7. benshis
  8. Benshoof
  9. Benshoofs
  10. Bensing
  11. Bensinger

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