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mulishly

mulishly adverb: in a mulish manner.

Adverb

mulishly (comparative more mulishly, superlative most mulishly)

  1. In a mulish manner.
    • "I only want my purse and money back," replied the young woman mulishly.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    • Next to Emma Woodhouse, Elizabeth Bennet or even Anne Elliot[…], Fanny Price indeed looks a little wan and thin, a bit of a party-pooper, mulishly unwilling to join in the fun when the superego of the estate, Lord Bertram, is away on his property in Antigua and the young people of the household...2025 June 27, Lauren Groff, “Jane Austen’s Boldest Novel Is Also Her Least Understood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of mulishly

comparativemore mulishly
superlativemost mulishly

Origin of mulishly

From mulish + -ly.

Questions about mulishly

What does mulishly mean?
Mulishly means in a mulish manner.
What part of speech is mulishly?
Mulishly is an adverb.

Words near mulishly in the dictionary

  1. mulinane
  2. mulinanes
  3. muling
  4. mulis
  5. mulish
  6. mulishly
  7. mulishness
  8. mulita
  9. mulitas
  10. mulitmeric
  11. Mulkern

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