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Christly

/ˈkɹaɪstli/

Christly adjective: christlike.

Adjective

Christly (comparative more Christly, superlative most Christly)

  1. Christlike
    • The design was, it would seem, to prepare a Christly past, to show whole ages of faith populated with men who were able, coming after their Master and bearing his cross, to suffer with him[…]1858, Horace Bushnell, Sermons for the New Life

Adverb

Christly (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Extremely; very.
    • It is Christly hot. She wipes her forehead with the back of her hand.1986, The Malahat Review, numbers 73-76, page 104

Christly meaning in Tamil

Christly in Tamil

இயேசுநாதரைப் போன்ற, இயேசுநாதர் பண்புக்குகந்த

Forms of Christly

comparativemore Christly
superlativemost Christly

Origin of Christly

From Christ + -ly.

Words formed from Christly

Questions about Christly

What does Christly mean?
Christly means christlike.
What is Christly in Tamil?
Christly in Tamil is இயேசுநாதரைப் போன்ற, இயேசுநாதர் பண்புக்குகந்த. See Christly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Christly?
Christly can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce Christly?
Christly is pronounced /ˈkɹaɪstli/.

Words near Christly in the dictionary

  1. Christlieb
  2. Christliebs
  3. Christlike
  4. Christlikeness
  5. Christliness
  6. Christly
  7. Christmahanukwanzakah
  8. Christman
  9. Christmann
  10. Christmanns
  11. Christmans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Christly (page history and authors); christly (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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