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proteanly

proteanly adverb: in a protean manner.

Adverb

proteanly (comparative more proteanly, superlative most proteanly)

  1. In a protean manner.
    • Which matter of the universe is always substantially the same , and neither more nor less , but only Proteanly transformed into different shapes1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...

Forms of proteanly

comparativemore proteanly
superlativemost proteanly

Origin of proteanly

From protean + -ly.

Questions about proteanly

What does proteanly mean?
Proteanly means in a protean manner.
What part of speech is proteanly?
Proteanly is an adverb.

Words near proteanly in the dictionary

  1. protealide
  2. protealides
  3. proteamine
  4. protean
  5. proteanism
  6. proteanly
  7. proteans
  8. proteas
  9. protease
  10. protease inhibitor
  11. protease inhibitors

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