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lordfully

lordfully adverb: in a lordful manner.

Adverb

lordfully (comparative more lordfully, superlative most lordfully)

  1. In a lordful manner
    • They have said boldly and lordfully, " Here we stand, the offspring of the by gone time, an oak here and a mushroom there, and as long as we can each count one, you shall have no good thing either with us or without us."1843, Thomas Perronet Thompson, Exercises, political and others - Page 185
    • In a very real sense, then, George lordfully creates the troubles for which Lennie will himself be blamed and punished—though he only obeys his master's vengeful voice.2009, Michael J. Meyer, The Essential Criticism of John Steinbeck's of Mice and Men

Forms of lordfully

comparativemore lordfully
superlativemost lordfully

Origin of lordfully

From lordful + -ly.

Questions about lordfully

What does lordfully mean?
Lordfully means in a lordful manner.
What part of speech is lordfully?
Lordfully is an adverb.

Words near lordfully in the dictionary

  1. lordess
  2. lordesses
  3. lordest
  4. lordeth
  5. lordful
  6. lordfully
  7. lordhood
  8. lordhoods
  9. Lordi
  10. lordie
  11. lording

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