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cakily

cakily adverb: in a caky way.

Adverb

cakily (comparative more cakily, superlative most cakily)

  1. In a caky way.
    • From what I remember now of those girls, all with their hair rolled on top of their heads, their lips darkly painted, their cheeks cakily powdered […]1956, The Tamarack Review
    • He had been sleeping on top of the coverlet it seemed, and he still had on his swamp-stained pants, which had dried cakily along his legs.1993, Madison Smartt Bell, Save Me, Joe Louis

Forms of cakily

comparativemore cakily
superlativemost cakily

Origin of cakily

From caky + -ly.

Questions about cakily

What does cakily mean?
Cakily means in a caky way.
What part of speech is cakily?
Cakily is an adverb.

Words near cakily in the dictionary

  1. cakewoman
  2. cakewomen
  3. cakey
  4. cakier
  5. cakiest
  6. cakily
  7. cakiness
  8. caking
  9. caking coal
  10. caking up
  11. cakings

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