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prehensilely

prehensilely adverb: in a prehensile way.

Adverb

prehensilely (not comparable)

  1. In a prehensile way.

Origin of prehensilely

From prehensile + -ly.

Questions about prehensilely

What does prehensilely mean?
Prehensilely means in a prehensile way.
What part of speech is prehensilely?
Prehensilely is an adverb.

Words near prehensilely in the dictionary

  1. prehending
  2. prehends
  3. prehensibility
  4. prehensible
  5. prehensile
  6. prehensilely
  7. prehensility
  8. prehensily
  9. prehension
  10. prehensions
  11. prehensive

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