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picaresquely

picaresquely adverb: in a picaresque manner.

Adverb

picaresquely (comparative more picaresquely, superlative most picaresquely)

  1. In a picaresque manner
    • An insatiable traveller, he wrote picaresquely of strange places and stranger men.1969, Eric Partridge, Journey to the Edge of Morning, page 15

Forms of picaresquely

comparativemore picaresquely
superlativemost picaresquely

Origin of picaresquely

From picaresque + -ly.

Questions about picaresquely

What does picaresquely mean?
Picaresquely means in a picaresque manner.
What part of speech is picaresquely?
Picaresquely is an adverb.

Words near picaresquely in the dictionary

  1. Picardy third
  2. Picardy thirds
  3. picarel
  4. picarels
  5. picaresque
  6. picaresquely
  7. picaresqueness
  8. picaresques
  9. picarian
  10. picarians
  11. picaridin

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