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fathomly

fathomly adjective: very deep; abyssal.

Adjective

fathomly (comparative more fathomly, superlative most fathomly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Very deep; abyssal.
    • We know the Present ; the Past we have experienced, and are persuaded that the Future flows out from some fathomly abyss of being, of exhaustless source, itself being in its supreme sense, and beginningless in its nature.1900, The Medical Herald, volume 19, page 27

Adverb

fathomly (comparative more fathomly, superlative most fathomly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Profoundly; deeply.
    • A metropolitan suzerain, acclaimed to be, at once, par excellence, fathomly erudite, incomparably pious dauntingly charismatic, lustrous without pareil, admirably devout, soundly versed in lslam, remotely materialistic, flexibly oligarchic.1988, Ahmed Beita Yusuf, Maitatsine, page 51

Forms of fathomly

Adjective
comparativemore fathomly
superlativemost fathomly
Adverb
comparativemore fathomly
superlativemost fathomly

Origin of fathomly

From fathom + -ly.

Questions about fathomly

What does fathomly mean?
Fathomly means very deep; abyssal.
What part of speech is fathomly?
Fathomly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near fathomly in the dictionary

  1. fathometers
  2. fathoming
  3. fathomless
  4. fathomlessly
  5. fathomlessness
  6. fathomly
  7. fathoms
  8. fathren
  9. Faths
  10. Fatick
  11. fatidic

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