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ruttily

ruttily adverb: in a rutty manner; with ruts.

Adverb

ruttily (comparative more ruttily, superlative most ruttily)

  1. In a rutty manner; with ruts.
    • […] a track turned off the main road at right-angles and wandered ruttily over the veld, following the line of an earlier African footpath. This track led to the Roman Catholic Mission about seven miles off in the wilderness.1962, Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

Forms of ruttily

comparativemore ruttily
superlativemost ruttily

Origin of ruttily

From rutty + -ly.

Questions about ruttily

What does ruttily mean?
Ruttily means in a rutty manner; with ruts.
What part of speech is ruttily?
Ruttily is an adverb.

Words near ruttily in the dictionary

  1. rutterkins
  2. rutters
  3. ruttier
  4. ruttiers
  5. ruttiest
  6. ruttily
  7. ruttiness
  8. rutting
  9. rutting season
  10. rutting seasons
  11. rutting time

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