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moorishly

moorishly adverb: in a moorish manner.

Adverb (1)

moorishly (comparative more moorishly, superlative most moorishly)

  1. In a moorish manner.

Adverb (2) capitalized: Moorishly

Moorishly (comparative more Moorishly, superlative most Moorishly)

  1. In a Moorish manner.

Forms of moorishly

comparativemore moorishly
superlativemost moorishly
comparativemore Moorishly
superlativemost Moorishly

Origin of moorishly

From moorish + -ly.

From Moorish + -ly.

Questions about moorishly

What does moorishly mean?
Moorishly means in a moorish manner.
What part of speech is moorishly?
Moorishly is an adverb.

Words near moorishly in the dictionary

  1. Moorish idol
  2. Moorish idols
  3. Moorish Science
  4. Moorish Scientist
  5. Moorish Scientists
  6. moorishly
  7. Moorishness
  8. moorit
  9. moorland
  10. moorlander
  11. moorlanders

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