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brimmingly

brimmingly adverb: so as to brim or overflow.

Adverb

brimmingly (comparative more brimmingly, superlative most brimmingly)

  1. (figuratively, often) So as to brim or overflow.
    • Having a husband who was so brimmingly full of fun might have involved a certain strain; still, the fact that Véra was not similarly blessed is just a reminder of the planetary norm.2015 November 10, Martin Amis, “In ‘Letters to Véra,’ Vladimir Nabokov Writes to His Wife”, in New York Times

Forms of brimmingly

comparativemore brimmingly
superlativemost brimmingly

Origin of brimmingly

From brimming + -ly.

Questions about brimmingly

What does brimmingly mean?
Brimmingly means so as to brim or overflow.
What part of speech is brimmingly?
Brimmingly is an adverb.

Words near brimmingly in the dictionary

  1. brimmer
  2. brimmers
  3. brimmeth
  4. brimming
  5. brimming over
  6. brimmingly
  7. Brimms
  8. brimmy
  9. brimonidine
  10. Brimpaen
  11. brims

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