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dumbishly

dumbishly adverb: in a somewhat dumb manner.

Adverb

dumbishly (comparative more dumbishly, superlative most dumbishly)

  1. (colloquial, offensive, rare) In a somewhat dumb manner.

Forms of dumbishly

comparativemore dumbishly
superlativemost dumbishly

Origin of dumbishly

From dumbish + -ly.

Questions about dumbishly

What does dumbishly mean?
Dumbishly means in a somewhat dumb manner.
What part of speech is dumbishly?
Dumbishly is an adverb.

Words near dumbishly in the dictionary

  1. dumbifying
  2. dumbing
  3. dumbing down
  4. dumbing out
  5. dumbish
  6. dumbishly
  7. dumbitude
  8. dumbkopf
  9. dumblasted
  10. dumble
  11. dumble-dor

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