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fernily

fernily adverb: in a ferny manner.

Adverb

fernily (comparative more fernily, superlative most fernily)

  1. In a ferny manner.
    • I was pleased once again to be in a beautiful Eastern deciduous forest, not as fernily voluptuous as an Oregon rain forest, but more diverse in many ways and more likely to host salamanders.2012, Murr Brewster, Trousering Your Weasel, page 191

Forms of fernily

comparativemore fernily
superlativemost fernily

Origin of fernily

Equivalent to ferny + -ly.

Questions about fernily

What does fernily mean?
Fernily means in a ferny manner.
What part of speech is fernily?
Fernily is an adverb.

Words near fernily in the dictionary

  1. fernier
  2. ferniest
  3. Fernihough
  4. Fernihoughs
  5. Fernihurst
  6. fernily
  7. ferning
  8. ferninst
  9. fernland
  10. fernlands
  11. fernleaf lavender

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