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fallibly

fallibly adverb: in a fallible manner.

Adverb

fallibly (comparative more fallibly, superlative most fallibly)

  1. In a fallible manner
    • Ultimately, these narratives encode for us the fundamental human hope that the mercy of the Almighty will envelop us all, erase all the failings that make us so fallibly human, and allow us to reach our fullest potential […]2014, David Marshall, Lucinda Mosher, Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny

Forms of fallibly

comparativemore fallibly
superlativemost fallibly

Origin of fallibly

From fallible + -ly.

Questions about fallibly

What does fallibly mean?
Fallibly means in a fallible manner.
What part of speech is fallibly?
Fallibly is an adverb.

Words near fallibly in the dictionary

  1. fallibilists
  2. fallibilities
  3. fallibility
  4. fallible
  5. fallibleness
  6. fallibly
  7. Fallin
  8. fallin'
  9. falling
  10. falling about
  11. falling action

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