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campily

campily adverb: in a campy manner.

Adverb

campily (comparative more campily, superlative most campily)

  1. In a campy manner.
    • CN also included a mock spread titled “Heterosexuality in America,” campily dismissing and rejecting the power of LIFE to depict their lives.2012, Todd J. Ormsbee, The Meaning of Gay: Interaction, Publicity, and Community among Homosexual Men in 1960s San Francisco, page 68

Forms of campily

comparativemore campily
superlativemost campily

Origin of campily

From campy + -ly.

Questions about campily

What does campily mean?
Campily means in a campy manner.
What part of speech is campily?
Campily is an adverb.

Words near campily in the dictionary

  1. campilan
  2. campilans
  3. Campile
  4. Campillo
  5. Campillos
  6. campily
  7. campimeter
  8. campimeters
  9. campimetric
  10. campimetrical
  11. campimetry

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