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soapily

soapily adverb: in a soapy way.

Adverb

soapily (comparative more soapily, superlative most soapily)

  1. In a soapy way.
    • On both sides, great precipitous mountains reach down to the sterile shores; and, on the South side, they are relieved by considerable masses of forest, and by many waterfalls, one of which is of large volume, showing like silver ribbons, and sliding soapily down the steep mountains' sides.1897, Edmund Francis Burton, Trouting in Norway, page 103

Forms of soapily

comparativemore soapily
superlativemost soapily

Origin of soapily

From soapy + -ly.

Questions about soapily

What does soapily mean?
Soapily means in a soapy way.
What part of speech is soapily?
Soapily is an adverb.

Words near soapily in the dictionary

  1. soapiest
  2. soapified
  3. soapifies
  4. soapify
  5. soapifying
  6. soapily
  7. soapiness
  8. soaping
  9. soaping down
  10. soaping off
  11. soaping up

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