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capitally

capitally adverb: chiefly; principally.

Adverb

capitally (comparative more capitally, superlative most capitally)

  1. Chiefly; principally.
  2. (dated) Excellently.
    • We enjoyed ourselves capitally.
    • "And I'll get into this vehicle," he said. "The horse is quiet, and the princess drives capitally."1901 [1878], chapter 17, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 6
  3. (not comparable) By capital punishment.
    • It was decreed regarding him also, that whoever should say he had been a man should be capitally punished.1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), “Chapter 5”, in Nicene and...

Forms of capitally

comparativemore capitally
superlativemost capitally

Origin of capitally

From capital + -ly.

Questions about capitally

What does capitally mean?
Capitally means chiefly; principally.
What part of speech is capitally?
Capitally is an adverb.

Words near capitally in the dictionary

  1. capitalizer
  2. capitalizers
  3. capitalizes
  4. capitalizing
  5. capitall
  6. capitally
  7. capitalness
  8. capitals
  9. capitan
  10. Capitan China
  11. Capitan Claudio

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