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plummily

plummily adverb: in a plummy manner.

Adverb

plummily (comparative more plummily, superlative most plummily)

  1. In a plummy manner.
    • He laughed again, plummily. "Sounds as though he'd committed the murder himself."1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 582
    • Her voice rose plummily into the darkened room[…]2004, Michael Byers, Long for This World, page 162

Forms of plummily

comparativemore plummily
superlativemost plummily

Origin of plummily

From plummy + -ly.

Questions about plummily

What does plummily mean?
Plummily means in a plummy manner.
What part of speech is plummily?
Plummily is an adverb.

Words near plummily in the dictionary

  1. plummets
  2. plummetted
  3. plummetting
  4. plummier
  5. plummiest
  6. plummily
  7. plumminess
  8. plumming
  9. plummy
  10. plumodenticulate
  11. plumology

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