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piedly

piedly adverb: with pied coloration.

Adverb

piedly (comparative more piedly, superlative most piedly)

  1. With pied coloration.
    • Most piedly clothed, even as the vilest player!1909, Josephine Preston Peabody, The Piper

Forms of piedly

comparativemore piedly
superlativemost piedly

Origin of piedly

From pied + -ly.

Questions about piedly

What does piedly mean?
Piedly means with pied coloration.
What part of speech is piedly?
Piedly is an adverb.

Words near piedly in the dictionary

  1. pied-à-terre
  2. piedfort
  3. piedforts
  4. piedish
  5. piedishes
  6. piedly
  7. piedmont
  8. Piedmont blues
  9. piedmontal
  10. Piedmontese
  11. Piedmonteses

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