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geekly

geekly adjective: concerning or typical of geeks.

Adjective

geekly (comparative more geekly, superlative most geekly)

  1. (rare) Concerning or typical of geeks.
    • As a relative novice to computing, I felt a little diffident joining this august geekly company, but they were most welcoming.2006, Rudy Rucker, The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul
    • ...technical choices that serve power, rather than rationality, liberty, elegance, or any other geekly concern.2008, Christopher M Kelty, Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software and the Internet
  2. (rare) Resembling a geek; geeky.
    • Those glasses make you look geekly.

Forms of geekly

comparativemore geekly
superlativemost geekly

Origin of geekly

From geek + -ly.

Questions about geekly

What does geekly mean?
Geekly means concerning or typical of geeks.
What part of speech is geekly?
Geekly is an adjective.

Words near geekly in the dictionary

  1. geeklet
  2. geeklets
  3. geeklike
  4. geekling
  5. geeklings
  6. geekly
  7. geekness
  8. geekosphere
  9. geekospheres
  10. geekout
  11. geekouts

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