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pinkly

pinkly adverb: in a pink manner; with pink colour.

Adverb

pinkly (comparative more pinkly, superlative most pinkly)

  1. In a pink manner; with pink colour.
    • Stanley had been with me for only a few weeks when he vacuumed up his food even faster than normal, came back into the living room, tottered, and keeled over, eyes closed, the tip of his tongue protruding pinkly through his teeth.2008, Kate Jennings, Stanley and Sophie, page 33

Forms of pinkly

comparativemore pinkly
superlativemost pinkly

Origin of pinkly

From pink + -ly.

Questions about pinkly

What does pinkly mean?
Pinkly means in a pink manner; with pink colour.
What part of speech is pinkly?
Pinkly is an adverb.

Words near pinkly in the dictionary

  1. pinkletink
  2. pinkletinks
  3. Pinkleton
  4. Pinkley
  5. Pinkleys
  6. pinkly
  7. Pinkman
  8. pinkness
  9. pinknesses
  10. Pinkney
  11. Pinkneys

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