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bluffingly

bluffingly adverb: as a bluff; with intent to deceive.

Adverb

bluffingly (comparative more bluffingly, superlative most bluffingly)

  1. As a bluff; with intent to deceive.

Forms of bluffingly

comparativemore bluffingly
superlativemost bluffingly

Origin of bluffingly

From bluffing + -ly.

Questions about bluffingly

What does bluffingly mean?
Bluffingly means as a bluff; with intent to deceive.
What part of speech is bluffingly?
Bluffingly is an adverb.

Words near bluffingly in the dictionary

  1. bluffer
  2. bluffers
  3. bluffest
  4. bluffing
  5. bluffing out
  6. bluffingly
  7. bluffings
  8. blufflike
  9. bluffly
  10. bluffness
  11. bluffs

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