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soonly

soonly adverb: soon.

Adverb

soonly (comparative more soonly, superlative most soonly)

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, slang) Soon.
    • I will entreat you, to do what's possible to finish this everlasting separation, which will kill me soonly, if not ceasing.2007, Willem Bilderdijk, Jan Bosch, M. van Hattum, Mr. W. Bilderdijk's briefwisseling, 1798-1806, page 155
    • Dakota will soonly become one of them blissful married States.1909, Wallace Irwin, “Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy”, in Collier's, volume 42, numbers 15-26, page xxiv

Forms of soonly

comparativemore soonly
superlativemost soonly

Origin of soonly

From soon + -ly. Since the late 15th century.

Questions about soonly

What does soonly mean?
Soonly means soon.
What part of speech is soonly?
Soonly is an adverb.

Words near soonly in the dictionary

  1. soong
  2. Soongs
  3. Sooni
  4. Soonis
  5. soonish
  6. soonly
  7. Soonnee
  8. Soonnees
  9. soonness
  10. Soons
  11. sooo

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