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gibbously

gibbously adverb: in a gibbous manner.

Adverb

gibbously (comparative more gibbously, superlative most gibbously)

  1. In a gibbous manner.

Forms of gibbously

comparativemore gibbously
superlativemost gibbously

Origin of gibbously

From gibbous + -ly.

Questions about gibbously

What does gibbously mean?
Gibbously means in a gibbous manner.
What part of speech is gibbously?
Gibbously is an adverb.

Words near gibbously in the dictionary

  1. gibbosities
  2. gibbosity
  3. gibbous
  4. gibbous moon
  5. gibbous moons
  6. gibbously
  7. gibbousness
  8. Gibbs
  9. Gibbs algorithm
  10. Gibbs Cay
  11. Gibbs free energy

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