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comptly

comptly adverb: neatly; tidily.

Adverb

comptly (comparative more comptly, superlative most comptly)

  1. (obsolete) neatly; tidily
    • […]wilfully and comptly commit[…]1581, An Abstract of all the penal Statutes ... Collected by Fardinando Pulton, etc. B.L., England, page 227

Forms of comptly

comparativemore comptly
superlativemost comptly

Origin of comptly

From compt + -ly.

Questions about comptly

What does comptly mean?
Comptly means neatly; tidily.
What part of speech is comptly?
Comptly is an adverb.

Words near comptly in the dictionary

  1. compting
  2. compting house
  3. compting houses
  4. compting-house
  5. compting-houses
  6. comptly
  7. comptograph
  8. comptographs
  9. comptometer
  10. comptometers
  11. comptometrist

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