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brownly

brownly adverb: with a brown colour.

Adverb

brownly (comparative more brownly, superlative most brownly)

  1. With a brown colour.
    • […] And rivers deep, exulting as they glide, / And forests high, and brownly-wooded dales, […]1830, Robert Montgomery, Satan, a poem, page 25

Forms of brownly

comparativemore brownly
superlativemost brownly

Origin of brownly

From brown + -ly.

Questions about brownly

What does brownly mean?
Brownly means with a brown colour.
What part of speech is brownly?
Brownly is an adverb.

Words near brownly in the dictionary

  1. Brownlie
  2. Brownlies
  3. Brownlow
  4. Brownlow Hill
  5. Brownlows
  6. brownly
  7. brownmillerite
  8. brownness
  9. brownnesses
  10. brownnose
  11. brownnosed

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