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peartly

peartly adverb: in a peart manner.

Adverb

peartly (comparative more peartly, superlative most peartly)

  1. (UK, US, dialectal) In a peart manner.

Forms of peartly

comparativemore peartly
superlativemost peartly

Origin of peartly

From peart + -ly.

Questions about peartly

What does peartly mean?
Peartly means in a peart manner.
What part of speech is peartly?
Peartly is an adverb.

Words near peartly in the dictionary

  1. peart
  2. pearter
  3. peartest
  4. peartini
  5. peartinis
  6. peartly
  7. peartree
  8. peartrees
  9. Pearts
  10. pearwood
  11. pearwoods

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