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illustriously

illustriously adverb: in an illustrious manner.

Adverb

illustriously (comparative more illustriously, superlative most illustriously)

  1. In an illustrious manner.

Forms of illustriously

comparativemore illustriously
superlativemost illustriously

Origin of illustriously

From illustrious + -ly.

Questions about illustriously

What does illustriously mean?
Illustriously means in an illustrious manner.
What part of speech is illustriously?
Illustriously is an adverb.

Words near illustriously in the dictionary

  1. illustratory
  2. illustratress
  3. illustratresses
  4. illustre
  5. illustrious
  6. illustriously
  7. illustriousness
  8. illustrous
  9. illusts
  10. illusts.
  11. illutation

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