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lankily

lankily adverb: in a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.

Adverb

lankily (comparative more lankily, superlative most lankily)

  1. In a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.
    • He got lankily into motion and presently passed in through the windows.1918, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 23, in The False Faces

Forms of lankily

comparativemore lankily
superlativemost lankily

Origin of lankily

From lanky + -ly.

Questions about lankily

What does lankily mean?
Lankily means in a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.
What part of speech is lankily?
Lankily is an adverb.

Words near lankily in the dictionary

  1. Lankeys Creek
  2. Lankford
  3. Lankfords
  4. lankier
  5. lankiest
  6. lankily
  7. Lankin
  8. lankiness
  9. lanking
  10. lankish
  11. lanklet

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