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camply

camply adverb: in a camp manner.

Adverb

camply (comparative more camply, superlative most camply)

  1. In a camp manner.
    • […] she is adopting a mannered elegance much as a man does when he is being camply effeminate.2013, Richard Dyer, Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society, page 190

Forms of camply

comparativemore camply
superlativemost camply

Origin of camply

From camp + -ly.

Questions about camply

What does camply mean?
Camply means in a camp manner.
What part of speech is camply?
Camply is an adverb.

Words near camply in the dictionary

  1. cample
  2. campled
  3. camples
  4. camplike
  5. campling
  6. camply
  7. camplyobacteriosis
  8. campman
  9. campmaster
  10. campmasters
  11. campmate

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