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meetly

meetly adverb: fitly; suitably; properly.

Adverb

meetly (comparative more meetly, superlative most meetly)

  1. (archaic) fitly; suitably; properly
    • You can do better yet: but this is meetly.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Forms of meetly

comparativemore meetly
superlativemost meetly

Origin of meetly

From meet + -ly.

Questions about meetly

What does meetly mean?
Meetly means fitly; suitably; properly.
What part of speech is meetly?
Meetly is an adverb.

Words near meetly in the dictionary

  1. meetingplaces
  2. meetings
  3. meetings of minds
  4. meetings of the mindless
  5. meetings of the minds
  6. meetly
  7. meetness
  8. meetnesses
  9. meets
  10. meets a sticky end
  11. meets cute

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