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hypocritely

hypocritely adverb: hypocritically.

Adverb

hypocritely (comparative more hypocritely, superlative most hypocritely)

  1. (archaic) hypocritically
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Forms of hypocritely

comparativemore hypocritely
superlativemost hypocritely

Origin of hypocritely

From hypocrite + -ly.

Questions about hypocritely

What does hypocritely mean?
Hypocritely means hypocritically.
What part of speech is hypocritely?
Hypocritely is an adverb.

Words near hypocritely in the dictionary

  1. hypocrite
  2. hypocrite commit
  3. hypocrite commits
  4. hypocrite plant
  5. hypocrite plants
  6. hypocritely
  7. hypocrites
  8. hypocritic
  9. hypocritical
  10. hypocriticality
  11. hypocritically

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