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chandlerly

chandlerly adjective: of or pertaining to a chandler, or (by extension) petty.

Adjective

chandlerly (comparative more chandlerly, superlative most chandlerly)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to a chandler, or (by extension) petty.
    • like good circumcised males and females, to be taxed by the poll, to be sconced our headmoney, our twopences, in their chandlerly shop-book of Easte1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Forms of chandlerly

comparativemore chandlerly
superlativemost chandlerly

Origin of chandlerly

From chandler + -ly.

Questions about chandlerly

What does chandlerly mean?
Chandlerly means of or pertaining to a chandler, or (by extension) petty.
What part of speech is chandlerly?
Chandlerly is an adjective.

Words near chandlerly in the dictionary

  1. chandleries
  2. chandlering
  3. Chandlerish
  4. Chandlerism
  5. Chandlerisms
  6. chandlerly
  7. chandlers
  8. Chandlers Creek
  9. chandlery
  10. Chandni
  11. Chandni Chowk

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