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melancholically

melancholically adverb: in a melancholic manner.

Adverb

melancholically (comparative more melancholically, superlative most melancholically)

  1. In a melancholic manner.
    • I take the knife and slit the smaller stems free, leaving the stigma alone, dancing melancholically in the wake of my blade.2023, K Patrick, Mrs S, 4th Estate, page 136

Forms of melancholically

comparativemore melancholically
superlativemost melancholically

Origin of melancholically

From melancholic + -ally.

Questions about melancholically

What does melancholically mean?
Melancholically means in a melancholic manner.
What part of speech is melancholically?
Melancholically is an adverb.

Words near melancholically in the dictionary

  1. melancholian
  2. melancholians
  3. melancholias
  4. melancholic
  5. melancholic personality disorder
  6. melancholically
  7. melancholick
  8. melancholicke
  9. melancholickes
  10. melancholicks
  11. melancholics

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