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landly

landly adjective: of or pertaining to land or the land; terrestrial; rural; rustic.

Adjective

landly (comparative more landly, superlative most landly)

  1. (nonstandard) Of or pertaining to land or the land; terrestrial; rural; rustic.
    • […] and which is successful, we think, in giving an agreeable impression of the landly and hospitable people of whom it treats.1832, Railway locomotives and cars: Volume 1

Forms of landly

comparativemore landly
superlativemost landly

Origin of landly

From land + -ly. Cognate with German ländlich (“rural”).

Questions about landly

What does landly mean?
Landly means of or pertaining to land or the land; terrestrial; rural; rustic.
What part of speech is landly?
Landly is an adjective.

Words near landly in the dictionary

  1. landlubberish
  2. landlubberliness
  3. landlubberly
  4. landlubbers
  5. landlubbing
  6. landly
  7. landman
  8. Landmans
  9. landmark
  10. landmark case
  11. landmarkable

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