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grimlier

grimlier is the comparative form of grimly.

Meaning of grimly

Adjective

grimly (comparative grimlier, superlative grimliest)

  1. (archaic) Grim-looking, grim-natured.
    • To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […]1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

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Questions about grimlier

What is grimlier the comparative form of?
Grimlier is the comparative form of grimly.

Words near grimlier in the dictionary

  1. griminess
  2. griming
  3. grimless
  4. Grimley
  5. Grimleys
  6. grimlier
  7. grimliest
  8. grimlike
  9. grimliness
  10. grimly
  11. Grimm

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