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songwriterly

songwriterly adjective: befitting a songwriter.

Adjective

songwriterly (comparative more songwriterly, superlative most songwriterly)

  1. Befitting a songwriter.
    • Every so often on Alex Delivery’s debut album, “Star Destroyer” (Jagjaguwar), a diffident male or female voice offers a few songwriterly stanzas.2007 June 10, Jon Pareles, “From Folk to Soul, Old School’s In for Summer”, in New York Times

Forms of songwriterly

comparativemore songwriterly
superlativemost songwriterly

Origin of songwriterly

From songwriter + -ly.

Questions about songwriterly

What does songwriterly mean?
Songwriterly means befitting a songwriter.
What part of speech is songwriterly?
Songwriterly is an adjective.

Words near songwriterly in the dictionary

  1. songworthy
  2. songwright
  3. songwrights
  4. songwrite
  5. songwriter
  6. songwriterly
  7. songwriters
  8. songwrites
  9. songwriting
  10. songwritings
  11. songwritten

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