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diaphanously

diaphanously adverb: in a diaphanous manner.

Adverb

diaphanously (comparative more diaphanously, superlative most diaphanously)

  1. In a diaphanous manner.
    • The nightclubs generally provide liquor (at a price), pretty girls who are clad diaphanously but extremely effectively, a tiny space in which to dance [...] and food[.]1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 89

Forms of diaphanously

comparativemore diaphanously
superlativemost diaphanously

Origin of diaphanously

From diaphanous + -ly.

Questions about diaphanously

What does diaphanously mean?
Diaphanously means in a diaphanous manner.
What part of speech is diaphanously?
Diaphanously is an adverb.

Words near diaphanously in the dictionary

  1. diaphanoscopies
  2. diaphanoscopy
  3. diaphanotype
  4. diaphanotypes
  5. diaphanous
  6. diaphanously
  7. diaphanousness
  8. diapharmatic
  9. diaphasia
  10. diaphasic
  11. diaphemetric

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