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filmily

filmily adverb: in a filmy manner.

Adverb

filmily (comparative more filmily, superlative most filmily)

  1. In a filmy manner.
    • The fine rain blew very softly, filmily, but the wind made no noise. Nothing made any sound.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC

Forms of filmily

comparativemore filmily
superlativemost filmily

Origin of filmily

From filmy + -ly.

Questions about filmily

What does filmily mean?
Filmily means in a filmy manner.
What part of speech is filmily?
Filmily is an adverb.

Words near filmily in the dictionary

  1. filmicity
  2. filmier
  3. filmiest
  4. filmiform
  5. filmify
  6. filmily
  7. filminess
  8. filming
  9. filming out
  10. filmings
  11. filmise

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