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fishily

fishily adverb: in a fishy manner.

Adverb

fishily (comparative more fishily, superlative most fishily)

  1. In a fishy manner

Forms of fishily

comparativemore fishily
superlativemost fishily

Origin of fishily

From fishy + -ly.

Questions about fishily

What does fishily mean?
Fishily means in a fishy manner.
What part of speech is fishily?
Fishily is an adverb.

Words near fishily in the dictionary

  1. fishiest
  2. fishified
  3. fishifies
  4. fishify
  5. fishifying
  6. fishily
  7. fishin'
  8. fishiness
  9. fishinesses
  10. fishing
  11. fishing boat

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