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monkishly

monkishly adverb: in a monkish way.

Adverb

monkishly (comparative more monkishly, superlative most monkishly)

  1. In a monkish way.

Forms of monkishly

comparativemore monkishly
superlativemost monkishly

Origin of monkishly

From monkish + -ly.

Questions about monkishly

What does monkishly mean?
Monkishly means in a monkish way.
What part of speech is monkishly?
Monkishly is an adverb.

Words near monkishly in the dictionary

  1. monkied
  2. monkies
  3. monking
  4. monkings
  5. monkish
  6. monkishly
  7. monkishness
  8. monkism
  9. Monkland
  10. Monkland and Stretford
  11. monkless

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