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naughtly

naughtly adverb: naughtily; wrongly.

Adverb

naughtly (comparative more naughtly, superlative most naughtly)

  1. (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly
    • Because my parents naughtly brought me up.c. 1658, Thomas Phaer, "Owen Glendour", The Mirror for Magistrates, reprinted in Shorter English Poems, Volume 1 of Cassell's library of English literature, Henry Morley (editor), 1876, page 180

Forms of naughtly

comparativemore naughtly
superlativemost naughtly

Questions about naughtly

What does naughtly mean?
Naughtly means naughtily; wrongly.
What part of speech is naughtly?
Naughtly is an adverb.

Words near naughtly in the dictionary

  1. naughties
  2. naughtiest
  3. naughtily
  4. naughtiness
  5. naughtinesses
  6. naughtly
  7. Naughton
  8. Naughtons
  9. Naughtons Gap
  10. naughts
  11. naughts and crosses

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