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mouthingly

mouthingly adverb: with an overly loud or swelling voice.

Adverb

mouthingly (comparative more mouthingly, superlative most mouthingly)

  1. (dated) With an overly loud or swelling voice.
    • […] their dialect is not quite so stilted and mouthingly metrical […]1854, The New Monthly Magazine, page 133
    • […] manner of speaking (not mouthingly), the lines and the accompanying stage action of Macbeth.1962, Elmer John Ortman, Philosophy of Teaching, page 139

Forms of mouthingly

comparativemore mouthingly
superlativemost mouthingly

Origin of mouthingly

mouthing + -ly

Questions about mouthingly

What does mouthingly mean?
Mouthingly means with an overly loud or swelling voice.
What part of speech is mouthingly?
Mouthingly is an adverb.

Words near mouthingly in the dictionary

  1. mouthily
  2. mouthiness
  3. mouthing
  4. mouthing off
  5. mouthing the words
  6. mouthingly
  7. mouthings
  8. mouthless
  9. mouthless crab
  10. mouthless crabs
  11. mouthlessness

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