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cartoonishly

cartoonishly adverb: in a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way.

Adverb

cartoonishly (comparative more cartoonishly, superlative most cartoonishly)

  1. In a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way.
    • She smiled cartoonishly.
    • Will he stick with cartoonishly cardiganed replacement bro Jerry (Tim Key), or let Jez come home?2015 November 11, Ali Catterall, “Wednesday’s best TV: The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One; The Apprentice; Peep Show; Josh”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2016

Forms of cartoonishly

comparativemore cartoonishly
superlativemost cartoonishly

Origin of cartoonishly

From cartoonish + -ly.

Questions about cartoonishly

What does cartoonishly mean?
Cartoonishly means in a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way.
What part of speech is cartoonishly?
Cartoonishly is an adverb.

Words near cartoonishly in the dictionary

  1. cartoonifying
  2. cartooniness
  3. cartooning
  4. cartoonings
  5. cartoonish
  6. cartoonishly
  7. cartoonishness
  8. cartoonist
  9. cartoonistic
  10. cartoonists
  11. cartoonization

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