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Greekly

Greekly adverb: in a Greek manner; in a way characteristic of Greeks.

Adverb

Greekly (comparative more Greekly, superlative most Greekly)

  1. In a Greek manner; in a way characteristic of Greeks.
    • The waxen pallor of her face was almost spiritual in its ivorylike purity though her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid's bow, Greekly perfect.1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses
    • Originally all the Delta waterways had been natural, but after the Greekly scientific Ptolemies came to rule Egypt, they connected Nilus's network of arms with thousands of canals, […]2007, Colleen McCullough, The October Horse, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 82

Forms of Greekly

comparativemore Greekly
superlativemost Greekly

Origin of Greekly

From Greek + -ly.

Questions about Greekly

What does Greekly mean?
Greekly means in a Greek manner; in a way characteristic of Greeks.
What part of speech is Greekly?
Greekly is an adverb.

Words near Greekly in the dictionary

  1. Greeklessness
  2. Greeklike
  3. Greekling
  4. Greeklings
  5. Greeklish
  6. Greekly
  7. Greekness
  8. greeks
  9. greeks it
  10. Greektown
  11. Greektowns

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