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dispersedly

dispersedly adverb: in a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.

Adverb

dispersedly (comparative more dispersedly, superlative most dispersedly)

  1. In a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.
    • Miles of darkness and sooty blots stretched away to the grey bar that was the sea; nearer, the river shone dispersedly in swamps and meanders.1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 40

Forms of dispersedly

comparativemore dispersedly
superlativemost dispersedly

Origin of dispersedly

From dispersed + -ly.

Questions about dispersedly

What does dispersedly mean?
Dispersedly means in a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.
What part of speech is dispersedly?
Dispersedly is an adverb.

Words near dispersedly in the dictionary

  1. dispersants
  2. disperse
  3. disperse phase
  4. disperse phases
  5. dispersed
  6. dispersedly
  7. dispersedness
  8. dispersement
  9. disperseness
  10. disperser
  11. dispersers

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