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feistily

feistily adverb: in a feisty manner.

Adverb

feistily (comparative more feistily, superlative most feistily)

  1. In a feisty manner.
    • She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts.1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of feistily

comparativemore feistily
superlativemost feistily

Origin of feistily

From feisty + -ly.

Questions about feistily

What does feistily mean?
Feistily means in a feisty manner.
What part of speech is feistily?
Feistily is an adverb.

Words near feistily in the dictionary

  1. Feistel ciphers
  2. Feistel network
  3. Feistel networks
  4. feistier
  5. feistiest
  6. feistily
  7. feistiness
  8. feists
  9. feisty
  10. Feit
  11. Feit-Thompson theorem

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