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numberly

numberly adjective: of or relating to number; numerous.

Adjective

numberly (comparative more numberly, superlative most numberly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Of or relating to number; numerous.
    • The foregrounds will give ample scope to the most inventive faculties, and the contrivances are numberly that are intended to remind us of rocks, stumps, gates, grasses, trees and the general make up of any ordinary every day scene.1872, The Photographer's Friend
    • […] and observation into all the curious ways in which light can be observed in the laboratory, to try to find out in a precise numberly way the methods in which light behaves in carefully chosen circumstances and then to see if this behaviour can be expressed by a few precise scientific laws...1947, Notices of the Proceedings, volume 34, page 534

Adverb

numberly (comparative more numberly, superlative most numberly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) In regard to number.
    • […] parts of the former Yugoslavia, narrowed with an enslaved appetite of their neighbors, being numberly more and more less, sacrificed in front of an altar of the non efficiency […]1995, Sanjak Bulletin - Issues 1-40, page 4
    • The results showed that the most of A(570) values in EP-PF group were numberly or significantly larger than those of the corresponding virus control group and the highest virus inhibitory rates of EP-PF at optimal concentration group were the highest among four prescription groups in three...2012, Immunoglobulins—Advances in Research and Application

Forms of numberly

Adjective
comparativemore numberly
superlativemost numberly
Adverb
comparativemore numberly
superlativemost numberly

Origin of numberly

From number + -ly. Compare numberlike.

From number + -ly.

Questions about numberly

What does numberly mean?
Numberly means of or relating to number; numerous.
What part of speech is numberly?
Numberly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near numberly in the dictionary

  1. numberish
  2. numberless
  3. numberlessly
  4. numberlessness
  5. numberlike
  6. numberly
  7. numberness
  8. numberous
  9. numberplate
  10. numberplates
  11. numbers

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