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merchantly

merchantly adjective: befitting a merchant.

Adjective

merchantly (comparative more merchantly, superlative most merchantly)

  1. Befitting a merchant.

Forms of merchantly

comparativemore merchantly
superlativemost merchantly

Origin of merchantly

From merchant + -ly.

Questions about merchantly

What does merchantly mean?
Merchantly means befitting a merchant.
What part of speech is merchantly?
Merchantly is an adjective.

Words near merchantly in the dictionary

  1. merchanthood
  2. merchantile
  3. merchanting
  4. merchantish
  5. merchantlike
  6. merchantly
  7. merchantman
  8. merchantmen
  9. merchantries
  10. merchantry
  11. merchants

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