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slinkily

slinkily adverb: in a slinky way.

Adverb

slinkily (comparative more slinkily, superlative most slinkily)

  1. In a slinky way.
    • “Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll,” which is to have its premiere on Tuesday night on the CW network, may look like just another reality show with attractive, slinkily dressed women preening for the camera in the hope of a shot at stardom.2007 March 5, Edward Wyatt, “Dolls Clad in Feminism, and Hardly Anything Else”, in New York Times

Forms of slinkily

comparativemore slinkily
superlativemost slinkily

Origin of slinkily

From slinky + -ly.

Questions about slinkily

What does slinkily mean?
Slinkily means in a slinky way.
What part of speech is slinkily?
Slinkily is an adverb.

Words near slinkily in the dictionary

  1. slinkest
  2. slinketh
  3. slinkier
  4. slinkies
  5. slinkiest
  6. slinkily
  7. slinkiness
  8. slinking
  9. slinkingly
  10. slinkings
  11. slinks

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