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cavernously

cavernously adverb: in a cavernous manner; like a cavern.

Adverb

cavernously (comparative more cavernously, superlative most cavernously)

  1. In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
    • The lurid unearthly glow still hovered in the shadowy chamber, lighting ghostlily the dead face of Thugra Khotan, which seemed to grin mirthlessly and cavernously at them.1933, Robert Howard, Black Colossus
  2. In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
    • ...the mother of the boy was alarmed beyond measure at Jimmie's curious illness, which caused him to lie on the rug in front of the fire and groan cavernously.1899, Stephen Crane, Making an Orator

Forms of cavernously

comparativemore cavernously
superlativemost cavernously

Origin of cavernously

From cavernous + -ly.

Questions about cavernously

What does cavernously mean?
Cavernously means in a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
What part of speech is cavernously?
Cavernously is an adverb.

Words near cavernously in the dictionary

  1. cavernous body
  2. cavernous nerve
  3. cavernous nerves
  4. cavernous sinus
  5. cavernous sinuses
  6. cavernously
  7. caverns
  8. cavernula
  9. cavernulae
  10. cavernulous
  11. Cavero

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