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parentally

parentally adverb: in a parental manner, like a parent.

Adverb

parentally (comparative more parentally, superlative most parentally)

  1. In a parental manner, like a parent.

Forms of parentally

comparativemore parentally
superlativemost parentally

Origin of parentally

From parental + -ly.

Words formed from parentally

Questions about parentally

What does parentally mean?
Parentally means in a parental manner, like a parent.
What part of speech is parentally?
Parentally is an adverb.

Words near parentally in the dictionary

  1. parental unit
  2. parental units
  3. Parentalia
  4. parentalism
  5. parentality
  6. parentally
  7. parentally challenged
  8. parentals
  9. parentation
  10. parentations
  11. parentcraft

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