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saintlily

saintlily adverb: in a saintly way.

Adverb

saintlily (comparative more saintlily, superlative most saintlily)

  1. (rare) In a saintly way.
    • And how perfect she was, how daintily complete in mere physical beauty, from the heavy masses of her dark, copper-hued hair, and the sweet pale face, now looking so saintlily grave, and now bubbling with fun at some unexpected turn of humour […]1908, John William Brodie-Innes, Morag the Seal

Forms of saintlily

comparativemore saintlily
superlativemost saintlily

Origin of saintlily

From saintly + -ly.

Questions about saintlily

What does saintlily mean?
Saintlily means in a saintly way.
What part of speech is saintlily?
Saintlily is an adverb.

Words near saintlily in the dictionary

  1. saintlier
  2. saintliest
  3. saintlihood
  4. saintlike
  5. saintlikeness
  6. saintlily
  7. saintliness
  8. saintlinesses
  9. saintling
  10. saintlings
  11. saintly

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