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cretinously

cretinously adverb: in a cretinous manner.

Adverb

cretinously (comparative more cretinously, superlative most cretinously)

  1. In a cretinous manner.

Forms of cretinously

comparativemore cretinously
superlativemost cretinously

Origin of cretinously

From cretinous + -ly.

Questions about cretinously

What does cretinously mean?
Cretinously means in a cretinous manner.
What part of speech is cretinously?
Cretinously is an adverb.

Words near cretinously in the dictionary

  1. cretinizes
  2. cretinizing
  3. cretinoid
  4. cretinoids
  5. cretinous
  6. cretinously
  7. cretins
  8. Creto-
  9. creton
  10. cretonnade
  11. cretonne

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