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mauvely

mauvely adverb: in a mauve manner; with a mauve colour.

Adverb

mauvely (comparative more mauvely, superlative most mauvely)

  1. In a mauve manner; with a mauve colour.
    • She is deep in the stacks of the university library, her carrel in a mauvely lit cave around which book spines rise like a forest.2003, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades

Forms of mauvely

comparativemore mauvely
superlativemost mauvely

Origin of mauvely

From mauve + -ly.

Questions about mauvely

What does mauvely mean?
Mauvely means in a mauve manner; with a mauve colour.
What part of speech is mauvely?
Mauvely is an adverb.

Words near mauvely in the dictionary

  1. mauve stingers
  2. mauveine
  3. mauveines
  4. mauvelous
  5. mauvelouses
  6. mauvely
  7. mauveness
  8. mauver
  9. mauves
  10. mauvest
  11. mauvette

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