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frontly

frontly adverb: towards or through the front of something; directly.

Adverb

frontly (comparative more frontly, superlative most frontly)

  1. Towards or through the front of something; directly.
    • Dad put Eleanor in the center as the cameras focused frontly on her and the audience saw him from the back as he interviewed her.2003, Julie Sinatra, Under My Skin: My Father, Frank Sinatra: The Man Behind the Mystique, Lincoln, N.E.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 197
    • "We are not the only polluter on this planet, and we have taken the subject frontly, directly and massively," he told New Scientist. He said her message will lead to a world where people will be unable to connect.2019 December 31, Adam Vaughan, quoting Alexandre de Juniac, “Aviation chief criticises Greta Thunberg and 'flight-shaming' movement”, in New Scientist, London: New Scientist Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of frontly

comparativemore frontly
superlativemost frontly

Origin of frontly

From front + -ly.

Questions about frontly

What does frontly mean?
Frontly means towards or through the front of something; directly.
What part of speech is frontly?
Frontly is an adverb.

Words near frontly in the dictionary

  1. frontloaded
  2. frontloader
  3. frontloaders
  4. frontloading
  5. frontloads
  6. frontly
  7. frontman
  8. frontmatter
  9. frontmen
  10. frontmost
  11. frontness

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