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peckishly

peckishly adverb: in a peckish manner.

Adverb

peckishly (comparative more peckishly, superlative most peckishly)

  1. In a peckish manner.

Forms of peckishly

comparativemore peckishly
superlativemost peckishly

Origin of peckishly

From peckish + -ly.

Questions about peckishly

What does peckishly mean?
Peckishly means in a peckish manner.
What part of speech is peckishly?
Peckishly is an adverb.

Words near peckishly in the dictionary

  1. Peckinpah
  2. Peckinpahesque
  3. Peckinpaugh
  4. Peckinpaughs
  5. peckish
  6. peckishly
  7. peckishness
  8. peckled
  9. Peckleton
  10. Pecknarm
  11. peckproof

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