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hornily

hornily adverb: in a horny manner.

Adverb

hornily (comparative more hornily, superlative most hornily)

  1. In a horny manner.
    • Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offence, I am now becoming hornily hard and indifferent to it.1878, Rhoda Broughton, Nancy, 6th edition, Richard Bentley and Son, published 1873, page 140
    • She had an affinity for world music and one day she sashayed hornily into her neighborhood recorded-music store […] .2009, Lee Montgomery, Tony Perez (editors), The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House, Tin House Books, page 18

Forms of hornily

comparativemore hornily
superlativemost hornily

Origin of hornily

From horny + -ly.

Questions about hornily

What does hornily mean?
Hornily means in a horny manner.
What part of speech is hornily?
Hornily is an adverb.

Words near hornily in the dictionary

  1. hornified
  2. hornifies
  3. hornify
  4. hornifying
  5. Hornigold
  6. hornily
  7. horniness
  8. horning
  9. horning out
  10. Horninghold
  11. Horninglow

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