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elegiacally

elegiacally adverb: in the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem.

Adverb

elegiacally (comparative more elegiacally, superlative most elegiacally)

  1. In the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem
    • He was co-founder of Naropa's writing program, the elegiacally named Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, later that year.2007 November 4, Claire Dederer, “The Inner Scholar”, in New York Times

Forms of elegiacally

comparativemore elegiacally
superlativemost elegiacally

Origin of elegiacally

From elegiacal + -ly.

Questions about elegiacally

What does elegiacally mean?
Elegiacally means in the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem.
What part of speech is elegiacally?
Elegiacally is an adverb.

Words near elegiacally in the dictionary

  1. elegantness
  2. elegants
  3. elegiac
  4. elegiac pentameter
  5. elegiacal
  6. elegiacally
  7. elegiack
  8. elegiacks
  9. elegiacs
  10. elegiast
  11. elegiasts

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