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oscularly

oscularly adverb: by means of the mouth.

Adverb

oscularly (not comparable)

  1. (literary, rare) By means of the mouth.
    • Baby drained the bottle and now was oscularly embracing the mint-stick.1854 November, Polykomp O’Rourke [pseudonym], “The Pioneer. Written on Compulsion.”, in The Nassau Literary Magazine, volume XV, number 3, Princeton, N.J.: Senior Class of the College of New Jersey...
    • She kisses Aubrey ecstatically, declaring him oscularly unmistakable, to the discomfiture of Louise.1932 December 7, Eric, “‘Tons of Money’ (Daly’s)”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CLXXXIII, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 639, column 3

Origin of oscularly

From oscular + -ly.

Questions about oscularly

What does oscularly mean?
Oscularly means by means of the mouth.
What part of speech is oscularly?
Oscularly is an adverb.

Words near oscularly in the dictionary

  1. oscula
  2. osculance
  3. osculant
  4. osculants
  5. oscular
  6. oscularly
  7. osculate
  8. osculated
  9. osculates
  10. osculating
  11. osculating circle

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