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plangently

plangently adverb: in a plangent manner: with a loud reverberating sound, or plaintively.

Adverb

plangently (comparative more plangently, superlative most plangently)

  1. In a plangent manner: with a loud reverberating sound, or plaintively.

Forms of plangently

comparativemore plangently
superlativemost plangently

Origin of plangently

From plangent + -ly.

Questions about plangently

What does plangently mean?
Plangently means in a plangent manner: with a loud reverberating sound, or plaintively.
What part of speech is plangently?
Plangently is an adverb.

Words near plangently in the dictionary

  1. planfulness
  2. plangence
  3. plangencies
  4. plangency
  5. plangent
  6. plangently
  7. plangonologist
  8. plangonologists
  9. plangorous
  10. planholder
  11. planholders

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