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missionarily

missionarily adverb: in a missionary manner.

Adverb

missionarily (comparative more missionarily, superlative most missionarily)

  1. In a missionary manner.

Forms of missionarily

comparativemore missionarily
superlativemost missionarily

Origin of missionarily

From missionary + -ly.

Questions about missionarily

What does missionarily mean?
Missionarily means in a missionary manner.
What part of speech is missionarily?
Missionarily is an adverb.

Words near missionarily in the dictionary

  1. missionaress
  2. missionaresses
  3. missionaries
  4. missionaries and cannibals problem
  5. missionaries and cannibals problems
  6. missionarily
  7. missionarise
  8. missionarize
  9. missionarized
  10. missionarizes
  11. missionarizing

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