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gluttonishly

gluttonishly adverb: in a gluttonish manner.

Adverb

gluttonishly (comparative more gluttonishly, superlative most gluttonishly)

  1. In a gluttonish manner.
    • They were gluttonishly studying the menu, which was long and varied.1911, Priscilla Craven [pseudonym; Florence Teignmouth Shore], “Hands Off, America!”, in The Rose with a Thorn, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, page 46
    • Now Zola too was becoming one of the Fat; life ran smoothly by. He feasted gluttonishly on good things, on rare dishes.1928, Matthew Josephson, “The ‘Four Authors’”, in Zola and His Time: […], New York, N.Y.: The Macaulay Company, page 187

Synonyms of gluttonishly

Forms of gluttonishly

comparativemore gluttonishly
superlativemost gluttonishly

Origin of gluttonishly

From gluttonish + -ly.

Questions about gluttonishly

What does gluttonishly mean?
Gluttonishly means in a gluttonish manner.
What part of speech is gluttonishly?
Gluttonishly is an adverb.

Words near gluttonishly in the dictionary

  1. gluttoning
  2. gluttonise
  3. gluttonised
  4. gluttonises
  5. gluttonish
  6. gluttonishly
  7. gluttonising
  8. gluttonism
  9. gluttonize
  10. gluttonized
  11. gluttonizes

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