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jimply

jimply adverb: in a jimp manner.

Adverb

jimply (comparative more jimply, superlative most jimply)

  1. (Scotland) In a jimp manner.
    • Whan Winter hauds the warld in chains,
      An' snawy wreaths adorn the plains,
      Whan folk can jimply gang their lanes
      For fear o' couping […]1790, James Macaulay (of Edinburgh), Poems on various subjects, in Scots and English (page 129)

Forms of jimply

comparativemore jimply
superlativemost jimply

Origin of jimply

From jimp + -ly.

Questions about jimply

What does jimply mean?
Jimply means in a jimp manner.
What part of speech is jimply?
Jimply is an adverb.

Words near jimply in the dictionary

  1. jimp
  2. jimper
  3. jimpest
  4. jimpies
  5. jimping
  6. jimply
  7. jimpness
  8. jimps
  9. jimpsecute
  10. jimpsecutes
  11. jimpson

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