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gullishly

gullishly adverb: in a gullish manner.

Adverb

gullishly (comparative more gullishly, superlative most gullishly)

  1. In a gullish manner.
    • Volpone’s second and climactic attempt to seduce Celia is immediately followed by Lady Wouldbe’s deflating visit to the sickbed, when Volpone discovers his own desire not to be gullishly reduced by Lady Wouldbe to the role of a dying man but to live forever in triumphant projections of himself.1995, Manley Lawrence, Literature and culture in early modern London, Cambridge University Press, page 460

Forms of gullishly

comparativemore gullishly
superlativemost gullishly

Origin of gullishly

From gullish + -ly.

Questions about gullishly

What does gullishly mean?
Gullishly means in a gullish manner.
What part of speech is gullishly?
Gullishly is an adverb.

Words near gullishly in the dictionary

  1. gulling
  2. gullings
  3. gullion
  4. gullions
  5. gullish
  6. gullishly
  7. gullishness
  8. gulliver
  9. Gulliverian
  10. gullivers
  11. Gullo

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