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hypercorrectly

hypercorrectly adverb: in a hypercorrect manner.

Adverb

hypercorrectly (comparative more hypercorrectly, superlative most hypercorrectly)

  1. In a hypercorrect manner.

Forms of hypercorrectly

comparativemore hypercorrectly
superlativemost hypercorrectly

Origin of hypercorrectly

From hypercorrect + -ly.

Questions about hypercorrectly

What does hypercorrectly mean?
Hypercorrectly means in a hypercorrect manner.
What part of speech is hypercorrectly?
Hypercorrectly is an adverb.

Words near hypercorrectly in the dictionary

  1. hypercorrections
  2. hypercorrectism
  3. hypercorrectisms
  4. hypercorrective
  5. hypercorrectively
  6. hypercorrectly
  7. hypercorrectness
  8. hypercorrects
  9. hypercorticism
  10. hypercorticoid
  11. hypercorticoidemia

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