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schoolishly

schoolishly adverb: in a schoolish manner.

Adverb

schoolishly (comparative more schoolishly, superlative most schoolishly)

  1. (quite rare) In a schoolish manner.
    • Such a schoolishly overwritten, crammed style characterizes his two novels about the decline of traditional peasant life […]1988, Iván Boldizsár, NHQ; the new Hungarian quarterly, Volume 29
    • This is clearly apparent in its schoolishly Hegelian three-part progression.1992, Denis Hollier, Against architecture: the writings of Georges Bataille

Forms of schoolishly

comparativemore schoolishly
superlativemost schoolishly

Origin of schoolishly

From schoolish + -ly.

Questions about schoolishly

What does schoolishly mean?
Schoolishly means in a schoolish manner.
What part of speech is schoolishly?
Schoolishly is an adverb.

Words near schoolishly in the dictionary

  1. schoolin'
  2. schooling
  3. schoolings
  4. schooliosis
  5. schoolish
  6. schoolishly
  7. schoolishness
  8. schoolitis
  9. schoolkeeper
  10. schoolkeepers
  11. schoolkeeping

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