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mawkishly

mawkishly adverb: in a mawkish manner.

Adverb

mawkishly (comparative more mawkishly, superlative most mawkishly)

  1. In a mawkish manner.

Forms of mawkishly

comparativemore mawkishly
superlativemost mawkishly

Origin of mawkishly

From mawkish + -ly.

Questions about mawkishly

What does mawkishly mean?
Mawkishly means in a mawkish manner.
What part of speech is mawkishly?
Mawkishly is an adverb.

Words near mawkishly in the dictionary

  1. mawkier
  2. mawkiest
  3. mawkin
  4. mawkins
  5. mawkish
  6. mawkishly
  7. mawkishness
  8. mawkishnesses
  9. mawks
  10. mawky
  11. mawla

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