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ornerily

ornerily adverb: in an ornery manner.

Adverb

ornerily (comparative more ornerily, superlative most ornerily)

  1. In an ornery manner.
    • I, being ornerily inquisitive, was forced to read The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, What Shall I Tell My Child? for my perfunctory sex education, and Sinclair Lewis's Main Street to learn how to survive peaceably living in small-town America.2011, Susie Duncan Sexton, Secrets of an Old Typewriter: Stories from a Smart and Sassy Small Town Girl

Forms of ornerily

comparativemore ornerily
superlativemost ornerily

Origin of ornerily

From ornery + -ly.

Questions about ornerily

What does ornerily mean?
Ornerily means in an ornery manner.
What part of speech is ornerily?
Ornerily is an adverb.

Words near ornerily in the dictionary

  1. ornee
  2. orneodid
  3. orneodids
  4. ornerier
  5. orneriest
  6. ornerily
  7. orneriness
  8. ornerinesses
  9. ornery
  10. Ornes
  11. Orness

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