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celibately

celibately adverb: in a celibate way.

Adverb

celibately (not comparable)

  1. In a celibate way.

Origin of celibately

From celibate + -ly.

Questions about celibately

What does celibately mean?
Celibately means in a celibate way.
What part of speech is celibately?
Celibately is an adverb.

Words near celibately in the dictionary

  1. celibacy syndrome
  2. celibatarian
  3. celibatarians
  4. celibate
  5. celibated
  6. celibately
  7. celibates
  8. celibating
  9. celibatist
  10. celibatists
  11. celibatory

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