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illiterately

illiterately adverb: in an illiterate manner.

Adverb

illiterately (comparative more illiterately, superlative most illiterately)

  1. In an illiterate manner.

Forms of illiterately

comparativemore illiterately
superlativemost illiterately

Origin of illiterately

From illiterate + -ly.

Questions about illiterately

What does illiterately mean?
Illiterately means in an illiterate manner.
What part of speech is illiterately?
Illiterately is an adverb.

Words near illiterately in the dictionary

  1. illiteracies
  2. illiteracy
  3. illiteral
  4. illiterally
  5. illiterate
  6. illiterately
  7. illiterateness
  8. illiterates
  9. illiterati
  10. illiterature
  11. illites

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