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spiritly

spiritly adjective: of, relating to, or resembling a spirit; spiritual; spiritlike.

Adjective

spiritly (comparative more spiritly, superlative most spiritly)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a spirit; spiritual; spiritlike.
    • So much so that later theologians could point out inconsistencies internal within those stories (identifying a spiritly figure as both God and his messenger), and would propose some probable modifications through time upon those descriptions […]2005, David Kolzion, Beyond the Tombs: A Spiritual Concerto
    • On the other hand, the 'spirit of life' or the 'breath of spirit of life' deprived of allflesh could no longer do either evil or good: Driven out of flesh and having done evil, the 'spirits' (spiritly beings or spirit—creatures) could never return to their Creator […]2010, Tn-Long Ng Tn-Long, Ngô Tôn-Long, Reasoning from Beyond the Tombs

Adverb

spiritly (comparative more spiritly, superlative most spiritly)

  1. In a spiritual manner; according to the spirit; spiritually.

Forms of spiritly

Adjective
comparativemore spiritly
superlativemost spiritly
Adverb
comparativemore spiritly
superlativemost spiritly

Origin of spiritly

From spirit + -ly.

Questions about spiritly

What does spiritly mean?
Spiritly means of, relating to, or resembling a spirit; spiritual; spiritlike.
What part of speech is spiritly?
Spiritly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near spiritly in the dictionary

  1. spiritlessly
  2. spiritlessness
  3. spiritlike
  4. spiritling
  5. spiritlings
  6. spiritly
  7. spiritman
  8. spiritmonger
  9. spiritmongers
  10. Spirito
  11. Spiritos

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