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punily

punily adverb: in a puny fashion.

Adverb

punily (comparative more punily, superlative most punily)

  1. In a puny fashion.

Forms of punily

comparativemore punily
superlativemost punily

Origin of punily

From puny + -ly.

Questions about punily

What does punily mean?
Punily means in a puny fashion.
What part of speech is punily?
Punily is an adverb.

Words near punily in the dictionary

  1. Punics
  2. punier
  3. punies
  4. puniest
  5. puniglandin
  6. punily
  7. punim
  8. punims
  9. puniness
  10. Puning
  11. punish

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