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piquantly

piquantly adverb: in a piquant manner; with piquancy.

Adverb

piquantly (comparative more piquantly, superlative most piquantly)

  1. In a piquant manner; with piquancy.

Forms of piquantly

comparativemore piquantly
superlativemost piquantly

Origin of piquantly

From piquant + -ly.

Questions about piquantly

What does piquantly mean?
Piquantly means in a piquant manner; with piquancy.
What part of speech is piquantly?
Piquantly is an adverb.

Words near piquantly in the dictionary

  1. piquances
  2. piquancies
  3. piquancy
  4. piquant
  5. piquante
  6. piquantly
  7. piquantness
  8. pique
  9. pique-devant
  10. pique-devants
  11. piqued

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