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dowagerly

dowagerly adjective: resembling or characteristic of a dowager.

Adjective

dowagerly (comparative more dowagerly, superlative most dowagerly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dowager.

Forms of dowagerly

comparativemore dowagerly
superlativemost dowagerly

Origin of dowagerly

From dowager + -ly.

Questions about dowagerly

What does dowagerly mean?
Dowagerly means resembling or characteristic of a dowager.
What part of speech is dowagerly?
Dowagerly is an adjective.

Words near dowagerly in the dictionary

  1. dowager's humps
  2. dowagerial
  3. dowagerish
  4. dowagerism
  5. dowagerlike
  6. dowagerly
  7. dowagers
  8. dowagers' humps
  9. dowages
  10. dowak
  11. dowar

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