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phonily

phonily adverb: in a phony way, or to a phony extent.

Adverb

phonily (comparative more phonily, superlative most phonily)

  1. In a phony way, or to a phony extent
    • Or in the 70s without its being a case in point that our need for nostalgia had, after the coming and going of scads of phonily rustic eateries, really reached absurd proportions.1988 December 23, Gary Houston, “The Beginning of the End”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of phonily

comparativemore phonily
superlativemost phonily

Origin of phonily

From phony + -ly.

Questions about phonily

What does phonily mean?
Phonily means in a phony way, or to a phony extent.
What part of speech is phonily?
Phonily is an adverb.

Words near phonily in the dictionary

  1. phonied up
  2. phonier
  3. phonies
  4. phonies up
  5. phoniest
  6. phonily
  7. phoniness
  8. phoninesses
  9. phoning
  10. phoning ahead
  11. phoning home

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