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spellingly

spellingly adverb: spelling out words from letters.

Adverb

spellingly (comparative more spellingly, superlative most spellingly)

  1. (rare) Spelling out words from letters.
    • Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty.1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, Lords ad Liveries

Forms of spellingly

comparativemore spellingly
superlativemost spellingly

Origin of spellingly

From spelling + -ly.

Questions about spellingly

What does spellingly mean?
Spellingly means spelling out words from letters.
What part of speech is spellingly?
Spellingly is an adverb.

Words near spellingly in the dictionary

  1. spelling reforms
  2. spelling someone's name
  3. spelling things out
  4. spelling word
  5. spelling words
  6. spellingly
  7. spellings
  8. spellingwise
  9. spellmaker
  10. spellmakers
  11. spellmaking

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