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roommately

roommately adjective: of or befitting a roommate.

Adjective

roommately (comparative more roommately, superlative most roommately)

  1. (rare) Of or befitting a roommate.
    • After we had a lung-ballooning/eye-watering/cough-and-get-off hit of sticky pot apiece and yet another good hearty roommately laugh […]2013, John Fredrick, The King of Good Intentions
    • A.J. and Claire sat on Sam's bed in roommately solidarity while Sam packed for her two week sojourn.2014, Heather MacAllister, Skirting the Issue

Forms of roommately

comparativemore roommately
superlativemost roommately

Origin of roommately

From roommate + -ly.

Questions about roommately

What does roommately mean?
Roommately means of or befitting a roommate.
What part of speech is roommately?
Roommately is an adjective.

Words near roommately in the dictionary

  1. roomlike
  2. roomly
  3. roommate
  4. roommatehood
  5. roommateless
  6. roommately
  7. roommateness
  8. roommates
  9. roommateship
  10. rooms
  11. rooms by the hour

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