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didactically

didactically adverb: in a didactic manner.

Adverb

didactically (comparative more didactically, superlative most didactically)

  1. In a didactic manner.
    • Mary had to explain. "The natural instincts of sex . . ." she began didactically. But Anne cut her short.1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus

Forms of didactically

comparativemore didactically
superlativemost didactically

Origin of didactically

From didactic + -ally.

Words formed from didactically

Questions about didactically

What does didactically mean?
Didactically means in a didactic manner.
What part of speech is didactically?
Didactically is an adverb.

Words near didactically in the dictionary

  1. Didachist
  2. Didachists
  3. didact
  4. didactic
  5. didactical
  6. didactically
  7. didactician
  8. didacticians
  9. didacticism
  10. didacticisms
  11. didacticist

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