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nunly

nunly adjective: like a nun; nunlike.

Adjective

nunly (comparative more nunly, superlative most nunly)

  1. Like a nun; nunlike.
    • She pushes towards the king, and for a second he sees him through her eyes: a blur of red-gold and flushed skin, a ready, priapic body, a hand like a ham that stretches out to take her by her nunly elbow.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 397

Forms of nunly

comparativemore nunly
superlativemost nunly

Origin of nunly

From nun + -ly.

Questions about nunly

What does nunly mean?
Nunly means like a nun; nunlike.
What part of speech is nunly?
Nunly is an adjective.

Words near nunly in the dictionary

  1. nunlet
  2. nunlets
  3. Nunley
  4. Nunleys
  5. nunlike
  6. nunly
  7. Nunn
  8. nunna
  9. Nunnally
  10. Nunnallys
  11. Nunnari

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