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gossiply

gossiply adjective: characteristic of or befitting a gossip; gossiplike.

Adjective

gossiply (comparative more gossiply, superlative most gossiply)

  1. Characteristic of or befitting a gossip; gossiplike
    • He was finding it a diverting task to make plain the "gossiply" report and to prevent the one — who, in his desperate effort to grasp the meaning of it all, was searching him — […]1914, Hypkin Brown, Farmer Bibbins, page 165
    • It seemed from a distance they were destined to be: branded forever, two names locked in a heart, the love bite of a gossiply, homely, garrulous fly.1922, Asian America: Journal of Culture and the Arts - Issues 1-2, page 93
    Synonyms:
    gossipy

Adverb

gossiply (comparative more gossiply, superlative most gossiply)

  1. In a manner befitting a gossip, or in a gossipy manner

Synonyms of gossiply

Forms of gossiply

Adjective
comparativemore gossiply
superlativemost gossiply
Adverb
comparativemore gossiply
superlativemost gossiply

Origin of gossiply

From gossip + -ly.

Questions about gossiply

What does gossiply mean?
Gossiply means characteristic of or befitting a gossip; gossiplike.
What part of speech is gossiply?
Gossiply can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near gossiply in the dictionary

  1. gossipingly
  2. gossipings
  3. gossipish
  4. gossipless
  5. gossiplike
  6. gossiply
  7. gossipmonger
  8. gossipmongering
  9. gossipmongers
  10. gossipped
  11. gossipper

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