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dandily

dandily adverb: in a dandy or foppish manner.

Adverb

dandily (comparative more dandily, superlative most dandily)

  1. In a dandy or foppish manner.
    • And there were two swans upon the water, and several peacocks marching dandily in the court-yard; and a grand old Irish dog, with a great collar, and a Celtic inscription, dreaming on the steps in the evening sun.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Forms of dandily

comparativemore dandily
superlativemost dandily

Origin of dandily

From dandy + -ly.

Questions about dandily

What does dandily mean?
Dandily means in a dandy or foppish manner.
What part of speech is dandily?
Dandily is an adverb.

Words near dandily in the dictionary

  1. dandifications
  2. dandified
  3. dandifies
  4. dandify
  5. dandifying
  6. dandily
  7. dandiness
  8. dandiprat
  9. dandiprats
  10. dandis
  11. dandiya

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