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Quakerly

Quakerly adjective: pertaining to Quakers.

Adjective

Quakerly (comparative more Quakerly, superlative most Quakerly)

  1. Pertaining to Quakers.
    • I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion.
  2. Befitting a Quaker.
    • Those pretty curls were not Quakerly.

Forms of Quakerly

comparativemore Quakerly
superlativemost Quakerly

Origin of Quakerly

From Quaker + -ly.

Words formed from Quakerly

Questions about Quakerly

What does Quakerly mean?
Quakerly means pertaining to Quakers.
What part of speech is Quakerly?
Quakerly is an adjective.

Words near Quakerly in the dictionary

  1. Quakerize
  2. Quakerized
  3. Quakerizes
  4. Quakerizing
  5. Quakerlike
  6. Quakerly
  7. quakers
  8. Quakers Hill
  9. Quakers Yard
  10. Quakership
  11. Quakertown

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