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contortly

contortly adverb: in a contort manner.

Adverb

contortly

  1. In a contort manner.

Origin of contortly

From contort + -ly.

Questions about contortly

What does contortly mean?
Contortly means in a contort manner.
What part of speech is contortly?
Contortly is an adverb.

Words near contortly in the dictionary

  1. contortionist
  2. contortionistic
  3. contortionists
  4. contortions
  5. contortive
  6. contortly
  7. contortrostatin
  8. contorts
  9. contortuplicate
  10. contortuplicated
  11. contos

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