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oafishly

oafishly adverb: in an oafish manner.

Adverb

oafishly (comparative more oafishly, superlative most oafishly)

  1. in an oafish manner

Forms of oafishly

comparativemore oafishly
superlativemost oafishly

Origin of oafishly

From oafish + -ly.

Questions about oafishly

What does oafishly mean?
Oafishly means in an oafish manner.
What part of speech is oafishly?
Oafishly is an adverb.

Words near oafishly in the dictionary

  1. OAEs
  2. oaf
  3. oaf-rocked
  4. oafdom
  5. oafish
  6. oafishly
  7. oafishness
  8. oaflike
  9. oafs
  10. OAG
  11. OAGs

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