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lacily

lacily adverb: in a lacy manner.

Adverb

lacily (comparative more lacily, superlative most lacily)

  1. In a lacy manner.
    • […] all are so daintily, lacily minute that they seem to have been woven by spiders, not carved by men; and yet all, like the leafy designs in relief which surround them, are cut with the freest, most spirited touch.1893, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Handbook of English Cathedrals: Canterbury, Peterborough, Durham, Salisbury, Lichfield, Lincoln, Ely, Wells, Winchester, Gloucester, York, London

Forms of lacily

comparativemore lacily
superlativemost lacily

Origin of lacily

From lacy + -ly.

Questions about lacily

What does lacily mean?
Lacily means in a lacy manner.
What part of speech is lacily?
Lacily is an adverb.

Words near lacily in the dictionary

  1. lacidipine
  2. Lacie
  3. lacier
  4. laciest
  5. laciferous
  6. lacily
  7. Lacina
  8. Lacinas
  9. lacinato
  10. laciness
  11. lacing

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