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catawampously

catawampously is the alternative form of catawampusly.

Meaning of catawampusly

Adverb

catawampusly (comparative more catawampusly, superlative most catawampusly)

  1. In a catawampus manner.

Forms of catawampously

comparativemore catawampously
superlativemost catawampously

Questions about catawampously

What is catawampously the alternative form of?
Catawampously is the alternative form of catawampusly.

Words near catawampously in the dictionary

  1. catatricrotism
  2. Catatumbo
  3. Catatumbo lightning
  4. Cataumet
  5. catawampous
  6. catawampously
  7. catawamptious
  8. catawamptiously
  9. catawampus
  10. catawampuses
  11. catawampusly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catawampously (page history and authors); catawampusly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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