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enthusiastly

enthusiastly adverb: enthusiastically.

Adverb

enthusiastly (comparative more enthusiastly, superlative most enthusiastly)

  1. (archaic) enthusiastically
    • The young amid their laughter or their tears / Of her great beauty raved enthusiastly; / And all their charmed dreams reflected hers.1883, William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard, Ballads and Romances, page 155

Forms of enthusiastly

comparativemore enthusiastly
superlativemost enthusiastly

Origin of enthusiastly

From enthusiast + -ly.

Questions about enthusiastly

What does enthusiastly mean?
Enthusiastly means enthusiastically.
What part of speech is enthusiastly?
Enthusiastly is an adverb.

Words near enthusiastly in the dictionary

  1. enthusiastic
  2. enthusiastical
  3. enthusiastically
  4. enthusiastick
  5. enthusiasticke
  6. enthusiastly
  7. enthusiasts
  8. enthusing
  9. enthymema
  10. enthymemas
  11. enthymematic

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