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pudgily

pudgily adverb: in a pudgy manner.

Adverb

pudgily (comparative more pudgily, superlative most pudgily)

  1. In a pudgy manner.
    • "What do you mean? Who are you?" Maniam's great eyes, his black skin oiled with sweat, Maniam's hands pudgily clutching his Dutch wife.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 490

Forms of pudgily

comparativemore pudgily
superlativemost pudgily

Origin of pudgily

From pudgy + -ly.

Questions about pudgily

What does pudgily mean?
Pudgily means in a pudgy manner.
What part of speech is pudgily?
Pudgily is an adverb.

Words near pudgily in the dictionary

  1. pudgala
  2. pudge
  3. pudges
  4. pudgier
  5. pudgiest
  6. pudgily
  7. pudginess
  8. pudgy
  9. pudgy wudgies
  10. pudgy wudgy
  11. pudhina

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