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leaderly

leaderly adjective: befitting a leader.

Adjective

leaderly (comparative more leaderly, superlative most leaderly)

  1. Befitting a leader.

Forms of leaderly

comparativemore leaderly
superlativemost leaderly

Origin of leaderly

From leader + -ly.

Words formed from leaderly

Questions about leaderly

What does leaderly mean?
Leaderly means befitting a leader.
What part of speech is leaderly?
Leaderly is an adjective.

Words near leaderly in the dictionary

  1. leaderists
  2. leaderless
  3. leaderlessly
  4. leaderlessness
  5. leaderlike
  6. leaderly
  7. leaderman
  8. leadermen
  9. leaders
  10. leaders of the opposition
  11. leadership

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