plumply
plumply adverb: unreservedly; fully.
Adverb
plumply (comparative more plumply, superlative most plumply)
- Unreservedly; fully.
- Quite plumply, forgot the appointment.
- He was plumply pleased by salutes on the street from unknown small boys; his ears were tickled to ruddy ecstasy by hearing himself called "Colonel;" and if he did not attend Sunday School merely to be thus exalted, certainly he thought about it all the way there.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XVII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section PART III, page 219
- With plumpness, in a plump way.
- She lifted her night-dress over her head and for a moment caught a glimpse of her nakedness in the tarnished looking-glass—plumply rounded thighs and knees, the dimple in her stomach.1986, William Trevor, “Kathleen's Field”, in The Collected Stories, New York: Viking, published 1992, page 1254
Synonyms of plumply
Forms of plumply
| comparative | more plumply |
|---|---|
| superlative | most plumply |
Origin of plumply
From plump + -ly.
Questions about plumply
- What does plumply mean?
- Plumply means unreservedly; fully.
- What part of speech is plumply?
- Plumply is an adverb.
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