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countessly

countessly adjective: of or befitting a countess.

Adjective

countessly (comparative more countessly, superlative most countessly)

  1. (rare) Of or befitting a countess.
    • His second daughter, a blooming girl of seventeen, pure from the dissipations of London, being on the eve of becoming a Countess, with all the accessories of countessly dignity:—dress, diamonds, opera boxes, and courtly distinction.1838, C[atherine] F[rances] Gore, “Mary Raymond”, in Mary Raymond, and Other Tales, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], chapter VI, page 66
    • In Bielostock I put up at the “Hotel of Countess Mielnicki.” Only in Poland do you find these countessly hotels. The countess is a considerable landed proprietor and she keeps the hotel in order that she may there sell the estate eggs.1915 February 14, Byron Lomax, “Behind the Russian Lines in Poland”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 35, number 150, Kansas City, Mo., section “The Countess and the Jews”, page 6C, column 4

Examples of countessly in a sentence

  • When the ball was at its height the countess cast a countessly eye over the floor and noticed that there were more people there than she had counted on.1928 July 28, C. B. Pyper, “Al. In the Dark”, in The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 180, Winnipeg, Man., page 9:
  • Meanwhile, the beautiful Cassini was consoling Cissy, with countessly wisdom.1987, Gore Vidal, Empire, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 380:
  • He’d been sure he’d get one of her countessly summonses the evening following their midnight drive.2000, Stephanie Laurens, A Secret Love, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 193:

Forms of countessly

comparativemore countessly
superlativemost countessly

Origin of countessly

From countess + -ly.

Questions about countessly

What does countessly mean?
Countessly means of or befitting a countess.
How do you use countessly in a sentence?
When the ball was at its height the countess cast a countessly eye over the floor and noticed that there were more people there than she had counted on.
What part of speech is countessly?
Countessly is an adjective.

Words near countessly in the dictionary

  1. countes
  2. countess
  3. Countess Wear
  4. countesse
  5. countesses
  6. countessly
  7. countest
  8. Countesthorpe
  9. counteth
  10. Counthorpe
  11. Counthorpe and Creeton

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