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pharaonically

pharaonically adverb: in a pharaonic fashion (especially of female circumcision by infibulation).

Adverb

pharaonically (comparative more pharaonically, superlative most pharaonically)

  1. In a pharaonic fashion (especially of female circumcision by infibulation).
    • The entranceway to Tomb 19 had been cut in ancient times through a rock spur, with a gently downward-sloping ramp and vertical sides approaching a square door that had three decorated jambs. In many ways it resembles a modern single-car garage, but with a high ceiling and pharaonically painted...2010, Donald P Ryan, Beneath the sands of Egypt: adventures of an unconventional archaeologist, page 16

Forms of pharaonically

comparativemore pharaonically
superlativemost pharaonically

Origin of pharaonically

From pharaonic + -ally.

Questions about pharaonically

What does pharaonically mean?
Pharaonically means in a pharaonic fashion (especially of female circumcision by infibulation).
What part of speech is pharaonically?
Pharaonically is an adverb.

Words near pharaonically in the dictionary

  1. pharaon
  2. pharaonic
  3. pharaonic circumcision
  4. pharaonic circumcisions
  5. pharaonical
  6. pharaonically
  7. Pharaonism
  8. Pharaonist
  9. Pharaonists
  10. pharaons
  11. pharaos

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