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cannibally

cannibally adverb: in the manner of a cannibal.

Adverb

cannibally (comparative more cannibally, superlative most cannibally)

  1. In the manner of a cannibal.
    • An he had been cannibally given.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • The Christians who think that they eat their God, who as a human victim immolated himself to his own divinity, do not so cannibally.1842, Samuel Hibbert, Polylogy's Sayings

Forms of cannibally

comparativemore cannibally
superlativemost cannibally

Origin of cannibally

From cannibal + -ly.

Questions about cannibally

What does cannibally mean?
Cannibally means in the manner of a cannibal.
What part of speech is cannibally?
Cannibally is an adverb.

Words near cannibally in the dictionary

  1. cannibalizations
  2. cannibalize
  3. cannibalized
  4. cannibalizes
  5. cannibalizing
  6. cannibally
  7. cannibals
  8. Cannie
  9. cannier
  10. canniest
  11. Canniff

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