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shrewishly

shrewishly adverb: in a shrewish way.

Adverb

shrewishly (comparative more shrewishly, superlative most shrewishly)

  1. In a shrewish way.

Forms of shrewishly

comparativemore shrewishly
superlativemost shrewishly

Origin of shrewishly

From shrewish + -ly.

Questions about shrewishly

What does shrewishly mean?
Shrewishly means in a shrewish way.
What part of speech is shrewishly?
Shrewishly is an adverb.

Words near shrewishly in the dictionary

  1. shrewdom
  2. shrewdy
  3. shrewed
  4. shrewing
  5. shrewish
  6. shrewishly
  7. shrewishness
  8. Shrewley
  9. shrewlike
  10. shrewly
  11. shrewmice

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