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pickily

pickily adverb: in a picky way; pedantically.

Adverb

pickily (comparative more pickily, superlative most pickily)

  1. In a picky way; pedantically.

Forms of pickily

comparativemore pickily
superlativemost pickily

Origin of pickily

From picky + -ly.

Questions about pickily

What does pickily mean?
Pickily means in a picky way; pedantically.
What part of speech is pickily?
Pickily is an adverb.

Words near pickily in the dictionary

  1. pickier
  2. pickies
  3. pickiest
  4. pickietar
  5. pickietars
  6. pickily
  7. pickin'
  8. pickin' and grinnin'
  9. pickiness
  10. picking
  11. picking a fight

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