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effeminately

effeminately adverb: in an effeminate manner.

Adverb

effeminately (comparative more effeminately, superlative most effeminately)

  1. In an effeminate manner.

Forms of effeminately

comparativemore effeminately
superlativemost effeminately

Origin of effeminately

From effeminate + -ly.

Questions about effeminately

What does effeminately mean?
Effeminately means in an effeminate manner.
What part of speech is effeminately?
Effeminately is an adverb.

Words near effeminately in the dictionary

  1. effeminacies
  2. effeminacy
  3. effeminat
  4. effeminate
  5. effeminated
  6. effeminately
  7. effeminateness
  8. effeminates
  9. effeminating
  10. effemination
  11. effeminations

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