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mongrelly

mongrelly adjective: like a mongrel.

Adjective

mongrelly (comparative more mongrelly, superlative most mongrelly)

  1. Like a mongrel.
    • Bigger, mongrelly and black, he was clearly a Doberman wannabe.2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 126

Forms of mongrelly

comparativemore mongrelly
superlativemost mongrelly

Origin of mongrelly

From mongrel + -y.

Questions about mongrelly

What does mongrelly mean?
Mongrelly means like a mongrel.
What part of speech is mongrelly?
Mongrelly is an adjective.

Words near mongrelly in the dictionary

  1. mongrelize
  2. mongrelized
  3. mongrelizes
  4. mongrelizing
  5. mongrellish
  6. mongrelly
  7. mongrelness
  8. mongrels
  9. mongress
  10. mongresses
  11. mongs

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