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self-sufficiently

self-sufficiently adverb: in a self-sufficient manner.

Adverb

self-sufficiently (comparative more self-sufficiently, superlative most self-sufficiently)

  1. In a self-sufficient manner.
    • For if what is decided now does not evolve a railway able to compete self-sufficiently in the transport world of the late 1960s, then we may as well resign ourselves to the lingering death of B.R., protracted only to the extent that it can maintain its services on a make-do-and-mend basis.1963 January, “A second chance on brakes”, in Modern Railways, page 1

Forms of self-sufficiently

comparativemore self-sufficiently
superlativemost self-sufficiently

Origin of self-sufficiently

From self-sufficient + -ly.

Questions about self-sufficiently

What does self-sufficiently mean?
Self-sufficiently means in a self-sufficient manner.
What part of speech is self-sufficiently?
Self-sufficiently is an adverb.

Words near self-sufficiently in the dictionary

  1. self-suckers
  2. self-sucking
  3. self-sucks
  4. self-sufficiency
  5. self-sufficient
  6. self-sufficiently
  7. self-suggestion
  8. self-suggestions
  9. self-suggestive
  10. self-supplied
  11. self-supplier

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