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melancholily

melancholily adverb: in a melancholy manner.

Adverb

melancholily (comparative more melancholily, superlative most melancholily)

  1. In a melancholy manner.

Forms of melancholily

comparativemore melancholily
superlativemost melancholily

Origin of melancholily

From melancholy + -ly.

Questions about melancholily

What does melancholily mean?
Melancholily means in a melancholy manner.
What part of speech is melancholily?
Melancholily is an adverb.

Words near melancholily in the dictionary

  1. melancholickes
  2. melancholicks
  3. melancholics
  4. melancholie
  5. melancholies
  6. melancholily
  7. melancholiness
  8. melancholious
  9. melancholiously
  10. melancholish
  11. melancholist

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