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learnedly

learnedly adverb: in an educated and knowledgeable manner.

Adverb

learnedly (comparative more learnedly, superlative most learnedly)

  1. In an educated and knowledgeable manner.
    • The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman.

Forms of learnedly

comparativemore learnedly
superlativemost learnedly
alternative formlearnèdly

Origin of learnedly

From learned + -ly.

Words formed from learnedly

Questions about learnedly

What does learnedly mean?
Learnedly means in an educated and knowledgeable manner.
What part of speech is learnedly?
Learnedly is an adverb.

Words near learnedly in the dictionary

  1. learned treatise
  2. learned treatises
  3. learnedest
  4. learnedism
  5. learnedisms
  6. learnedly
  7. learnedness
  8. learnednesses
  9. Learneds
  10. learnedst
  11. learner

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