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devicefully

devicefully adverb: in a deviceful manner.

Adverb

devicefully (comparative more devicefully, superlative most devicefully)

  1. In a deviceful manner.
    • I had not taught thee then the alphabet
      Of flowers, how they, devicefully being set
      And bound up, might with speechless secrecy
      Deliver errands mutely and mutually.a. 1631, John Donne, Elegy VII

Forms of devicefully

comparativemore devicefully
superlativemost devicefully

Origin of devicefully

From deviceful + -ly.

Questions about devicefully

What does devicefully mean?
Devicefully means in a deviceful manner.
What part of speech is devicefully?
Devicefully is an adverb.

Words near devicefully in the dictionary

  1. device file
  2. device files
  3. device tree
  4. device under test
  5. deviceful
  6. devicefully
  7. devicefulness
  8. deviceless
  9. devicelike
  10. devices
  11. devices under test

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