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glegly

glegly adverb: expeditiously.

Adverb

glegly (comparative more glegly, superlative most glegly)

  1. (Scotland) expeditiously
  2. (Scotland) attentively

Forms of glegly

comparativemore glegly
superlativemost glegly

Origin of glegly

From gleg + -ly.

Questions about glegly

What does glegly mean?
Glegly means expeditiously.
What part of speech is glegly?
Glegly is an adverb.

Words near glegly in the dictionary

  1. glegger
  2. gleggest
  3. glegging
  4. Gleghorn
  5. Gleghorns
  6. glegly
  7. glegness
  8. glegs
  9. glei
  10. Gleich
  11. Gleich's syndrome

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