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brainsickly

brainsickly adverb: in a brainsick manner.

Adverb

brainsickly (comparative more brainsickly, superlative most brainsickly)

  1. (obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
    • LADY MACBETH. […] You do unbend your noble strength, to think
      So brainsickly of things.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of brainsickly

comparativemore brainsickly
superlativemost brainsickly

Origin of brainsickly

From brainsick + -ly.

Questions about brainsickly

What does brainsickly mean?
Brainsickly means in a brainsick manner.
What part of speech is brainsickly?
Brainsickly is an adverb.

Words near brainsickly in the dictionary

  1. brainscan
  2. brainscanner
  3. brainscanners
  4. brainscans
  5. brainsick
  6. brainsickly
  7. brainsickness
  8. brainspace
  9. brainspaces
  10. brainstem
  11. brainstems

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