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pseudo-innocently

pseudo-innocently adverb: in a pseudoinnocent manner.

Adverb

pseudo-innocently (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In a pseudoinnocent manner.
    • There's Controllable who pseudo-innocently waits to be told what to do2014, Ed Conrad, Heart Power: Inspiring the Courage to Heal and Love Yourself One Day at a Time

Origin of pseudo-innocently

From pseudo- + innocently.

Questions about pseudo-innocently

What does pseudo-innocently mean?
Pseudo-innocently means in a pseudoinnocent manner.
What part of speech is pseudo-innocently?
Pseudo-innocently is an adverb.

Words near pseudo-innocently in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome
  2. pseudo-Freudianism
  3. pseudo-haiku
  4. pseudo-histories
  5. pseudo-history
  6. pseudo-innocently
  7. pseudo-inspirational
  8. pseudo-intellectual
  9. pseudo-intellectualism
  10. pseudo-intellectuals
  11. Pseudo-Isidorian

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