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poetly

poetly adjective: of or relating to a poet.

Adjective

poetly (comparative more poetly, superlative most poetly)

  1. Of or relating to a poet
    • Yes, upon your pate, your poetly pate, and your law pate too.1756, Ben Jonson, Peter Whalley, The Works of Ben Jonson
    • A wonderful (bad) new novel by our poetly cousin, Harty - I'm in it as an innocent girl of 19 called Fay: who was on the whole tactful but washy.1984, Ezra Pound, Dorothy Pound, Omar S. Pound, Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear, Their Letters, 1909-1914

Forms of poetly

comparativemore poetly
superlativemost poetly

Origin of poetly

From poet + -ly.

Questions about poetly

What does poetly mean?
Poetly means of or relating to a poet.
What part of speech is poetly?
Poetly is an adjective.

Words near poetly in the dictionary

  1. poetizing
  2. poetless
  3. poetlike
  4. poetling
  5. poetlings
  6. poetly
  7. poetolatry
  8. poetologic
  9. poetological
  10. poetologically
  11. poetologies

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