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plantly

plantly adjective: of or pertaining to plants; botanical.

Adjective

plantly (comparative plantlier or more plantly, superlative plantliest or most plantly)

  1. Of or pertaining to plants; botanical.
    • The setting was remote but the road to her house was well traveled; she grew, imported, and blended a rich array of exotic teas and herbs and her skill with these plantly products was such that she never lacked for appreciative customers.2000, John Kissinger, Where Angels Fear
    • Out of all the conversion rocks, only two of them require an added potion to make the effects stick—the pebble of plantly conversion and the pebble of godly conversion.2009, Adam Osterweil, The Lost Treasure of Talus Scree

Adverb

plantly (comparative plantlier or more plantly, superlative plantliest or most plantly)

  1. (nonstandard) In a plant-like manner.
    • [...] of new mind-powers which burst through its old fears and dislikes with a new creativeness and make forms which will be challenging and educative — something human, and finally divine, not merely plantly beautiful, and animally beautiful.1976, Ernest Wood, The Seven Rays

Forms of plantly

Adjective
comparativeplantlier
comparativemore plantly
superlativeplantliest
superlativemost plantly
Adverb
comparativeplantlier
comparativemore plantly
superlativeplantliest
superlativemost plantly

Origin of plantly

From plant + -ly (adjectival suffix).

From plant + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Questions about plantly

What does plantly mean?
Plantly means of or pertaining to plants; botanical.
What part of speech is plantly?
Plantly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near plantly in the dictionary

  1. plantlets
  2. plantlife
  3. plantlike
  4. plantling
  5. plantlings
  6. plantly
  7. plantness
  8. planto-
  9. plantocracies
  10. plantocracy
  11. plantocrat

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