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saccharinely

saccharinely adverb: in a saccharine manner.

Adverb

saccharinely (comparative more saccharinely, superlative most saccharinely)

  1. In a saccharine manner.
    • Switching the bulletin immediately, Mother recounts some observations of mine as if I’ve spent the entire morning mouthing extraordinarily brilliant, saccharinely sweet and fetchingly naive remarks.1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 85

Forms of saccharinely

comparativemore saccharinely
superlativemost saccharinely

Origin of saccharinely

From saccharine + -ly.

Questions about saccharinely

What does saccharinely mean?
Saccharinely means in a saccharine manner.
What part of speech is saccharinely?
Saccharinely is an adverb.

Words near saccharinely in the dictionary

  1. saccharin
  2. saccharinate
  3. saccharinated
  4. saccharinates
  5. saccharine
  6. saccharinely
  7. saccharines
  8. saccharinic
  9. saccharinic acid
  10. saccharinic acids
  11. saccharinish

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