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civilizedly

civilizedly adverb: in a civilized manner.

Adverb

civilizedly (comparative more civilizedly, superlative most civilizedly)

  1. In a civilized manner.
    • They became, not civilly, but civilizedly dead.1847, Washington M’Cartney, “Preliminary Lecture”, in The Origin and Progress of the United States, Philadelphia, Pa.: E. H. Butler & Co., page 27
    • […]; people looked at me half-civilizedly;1855 November, The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XLVI, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Samuel Hueston, page 546

Examples of civilizedly in a sentence

  • Yes, I expect to reach Devil’s Lake some time towards the last of this month, when the thermometers have learned to conduct themselves somewhat more civilizedly.1886 April 10, “Bigots and Jobbers. Col. Donan Declares That Dakota is Suffering From Too Much Partisan Jackassery. Carpet-Bag Government...
  • So we will stick to the proprieties of our times, and civilizedly robe you for your bridal night.1899, Mina Holt, The Satyr: A Novel of Love and Passion: Reflecting Modern Social Organization, London; New York, N.Y.: F. Tennyson Neely...
  • We may live civilizedly in the city, wear ties and read statistics, but we all carry our animal spirits within us.2011, Tomas Sedlacek, “The History of Animal Spirits: The Dream Never Sleeps”, in Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic...

Forms of civilizedly

comparativemore civilizedly
superlativemost civilizedly

Origin of civilizedly

From civilized + -ly.

Questions about civilizedly

What does civilizedly mean?
Civilizedly means in a civilized manner.
How do you use civilizedly in a sentence?
Yes, I expect to reach Devil’s Lake some time towards the last of this month, when the thermometers have learned to conduct themselves somewhat more civilizedly.
What part of speech is civilizedly?
Civilizedly is an adverb.

Words near civilizedly in the dictionary

  1. civilizationists
  2. civilizations
  3. civilizatory
  4. civilize
  5. civilized
  6. civilizedly
  7. civilizedness
  8. civilizee
  9. civilizees
  10. civilizer
  11. civilizers

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