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classicly

classicly adverb: in a classic way.

Adverb

classicly (comparative more classicly, superlative most classicly)

  1. In a classic way.
    • He was a classicly educated man, but he had a brusque manner...1887, Elizabeth Moore Chapin, American Court Gossip
    • Tilting your head to the side, inching a clip off your ear as you answer the phone, is a classicly flirtatious act, like dabbing wrists with perfume or slipping into high heels.2007 January 11, Alexa Brazilian, “Clip-Ons Are Back. Fondling Allowed.”, in New York Times

Forms of classicly

comparativemore classicly
superlativemost classicly

Origin of classicly

From classic + -ly.

Questions about classicly

What does classicly mean?
Classicly means in a classic way.
What part of speech is classicly?
Classicly is an adverb.

Words near classicly in the dictionary

  1. classicized
  2. classicizes
  3. classicizing
  4. classick
  5. classicks
  6. classicly
  7. classics
  8. classier
  9. classies
  10. classiest
  11. classifiability

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