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neighbourlily

neighbourlily adverb: british standard spelling of neighborlily.

Adverb

neighbourlily (comparative more neighbourlily, superlative most neighbourlily)

  1. British standard spelling of neighborlily.
    • David stepped up the tempo of the talk as surely, as neighbourlily, as ever.1961, Ernest Buckler, “Part Six: The Train”, in Malcolm Ross, editor, The Mountain and the Valley (New Canadian Library; 23), Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, published October 1966, →OCLC...
    • Owain gave Gort what directions he could, then asked neighbourlily where they had come from.1984, lawson davies, chapter 5, in The Garden of Earthly Delights, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 48

Forms of neighbourlily

comparativemore neighbourlily
superlativemost neighbourlily

Origin of neighbourlily

From neighbourly + -ly.

Questions about neighbourlily

What does neighbourlily mean?
Neighbourlily means british standard spelling of neighborlily.
What part of speech is neighbourlily?
Neighbourlily is an adverb.

Words near neighbourlily in the dictionary

  1. neighbouring groups
  2. neighbouring right
  3. neighbouring rights
  4. neighbourless
  5. neighbourlike
  6. neighbourlily
  7. neighbourliness
  8. neighbourly
  9. Neighbourne
  10. neighbours
  11. neighbourship

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