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rejectfully

rejectfully adverb: in a rejectful manner.

Adverb

rejectfully (comparative more rejectfully, superlative most rejectfully)

  1. (rare) In a rejectful manner.
    • For answer to complaint herein
      Defendant most respectfully
      Denies the same, disputes the claim,
      And utterly, rejectfully.1897, The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers
    • […] — knowing that Fondie would never question any coin that came from her fingers, or put any metal so consecrated to the test of his teeth, or shake his head over it rejectfully, as other people might do — he would gaze at the little treasury of small silver pieces as though they represented the...1916, Edward Charles Booth, Fondie, page 215

Forms of rejectfully

comparativemore rejectfully
superlativemost rejectfully

Origin of rejectfully

From rejectful + -ly.

Questions about rejectfully

What does rejectfully mean?
Rejectfully means in a rejectful manner.
What part of speech is rejectfully?
Rejectfully is an adverb.

Words near rejectfully in the dictionary

  1. rejecter
  2. rejecters
  3. rejectest
  4. rejecteth
  5. rejectful
  6. rejectfully
  7. rejectible
  8. rejecting
  9. rejectingly
  10. rejectings
  11. rejection

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