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murkily

murkily adverb: in a murky way.

Adverb

murkily (comparative more murkily, superlative most murkily)

  1. In a murky way.
    • That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 16

Forms of murkily

comparativemore murkily
superlativemost murkily

Origin of murkily

From murky + -ly.

Questions about murkily

What does murkily mean?
Murkily means in a murky way.
What part of speech is murkily?
Murkily is an adverb.

Words near murkily in the dictionary

  1. murker
  2. murkest
  3. murketing
  4. murkier
  5. murkiest
  6. murkily
  7. murkiness
  8. murkinesses
  9. murking
  10. murking out
  11. murkish

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