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nittily

/ˈnɪtɪli/

nittily adverb: in a nitty manner; lousily.

Adverb

nittily (comparative more nittily, superlative most nittily)

  1. (obsolete) In a nitty manner; lousily.
    • hee was a man nittily needy and therefore aduentrous, esteemed, but an idel fellowa. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC

Forms of nittily

comparativemore nittily
superlativemost nittily

Origin of nittily

From nitty + -ly.

Questions about nittily

What does nittily mean?
Nittily means in a nitty manner; lousily.
What part of speech is nittily?
Nittily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce nittily?
Nittily is pronounced /ˈnɪtɪli/.

Words near nittily in the dictionary

  1. Nitti
  2. nittie
  3. nittier
  4. nitties
  5. nittiest
  6. nittily
  7. nittiness
  8. nitting
  9. nittings
  10. Nitto
  11. Nittolo

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