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composerly

composerly adjective: characteristic of a musical composer.

Adjective

composerly (comparative more composerly, superlative most composerly)

  1. Characteristic of a musical composer.
    • (Mr. Johansen confirmed this, though it did not stop him from donning reading glasses to look over Mr. Coes shoulder at the score in proper composerly fashion.)2007 October 26, Andy Newman, “And Staten Island, Too”, in New York Times

Forms of composerly

comparativemore composerly
superlativemost composerly

Origin of composerly

From composer + -ly.

Questions about composerly

What does composerly mean?
Composerly means characteristic of a musical composer.
What part of speech is composerly?
Composerly is an adjective.

Words near composerly in the dictionary

  1. composedly
  2. composedness
  3. composer
  4. composeress
  5. composeresses
  6. composerly
  7. composers
  8. composes
  9. composest
  10. composeth
  11. composimeter

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