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smokingly

smokingly adverb: so as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.

Adverb

smokingly (comparative more smokingly, superlative most smokingly)

  1. So as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.
    • June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
      […] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample smokingly […]
  2. (slang) Very; highly; extremely (said of sex appeal or a sexy appearance).
    • […]I mainly only watch [The Big Bang Theory] because of Kaley Cuoco (the hot neighbor). She is smokingly perfect!2008 November 25, Coach (OP), 3 Justin 3 (quoted), “How I Met Your Mother”, in Calgarypuck Forums
    • He was short, dark, and smokingly sexy and sported a full beard (very rare in high school).2011, Amy Montana, Dancing Through Midnight

Forms of smokingly

comparativemore smokingly
superlativemost smokingly

Origin of smokingly

From smoking + -ly.

Questions about smokingly

What does smokingly mean?
Smokingly means so as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.
What part of speech is smokingly?
Smokingly is an adverb.

Words near smokingly in the dictionary

  1. smoking the whole pack
  2. smoking up
  3. smoking-jacketed
  4. smoking-room
  5. smoking-rooms
  6. smokingly
  7. smokings
  8. smokish
  9. smokist
  10. smokists
  11. smoko

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