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daffily

UK/ˈdæfəli/

daffily adverb: in a daffy manner.

Adverb

daffily (comparative more daffily, superlative most daffily)

  1. In a daffy manner.
    • Both women and men even get to do, daffily, the same little pelvic wiggles.2008 April 24, Alastair Macaulay, “What Audiences Haven’t Seen Before”, in New York Times

Forms of daffily

comparativemore daffily
superlativemost daffily

Origin of daffily

From daffy + -ly.

Questions about daffily

What does daffily mean?
Daffily means in a daffy manner.
What part of speech is daffily?
Daffily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce daffily?
Daffily is pronounced /ˈdæfəli/ (UK).

Words near daffily in the dictionary

  1. daffed
  2. Daffey
  3. daffier
  4. daffies
  5. daffiest
  6. daffily
  7. Daffin
  8. daffiness
  9. daffing
  10. daffings
  11. Daffins

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