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sprucely

sprucely adverb: in a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly.

Adverb

sprucely (comparative more sprucely, superlative most sprucely)

  1. In a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly.
    • 'Ah ! Hawk,' said one very sprucely dressed personage in a Newmarket coat, a choice neckerchief, and all other accessories of the most unexceptionable kind.1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC

Forms of sprucely

comparativemore sprucely
superlativemost sprucely

Origin of sprucely

From spruce + -ly.

Questions about sprucely

What does sprucely mean?
Sprucely means in a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly.
What part of speech is sprucely?
Sprucely is an adverb.

Words near sprucely in the dictionary

  1. spruce tips
  2. spruce up
  3. spruced
  4. spruced up
  5. spruceless
  6. sprucely
  7. sprucen
  8. sprucen up
  9. sprucened
  10. sprucened up
  11. spruceness

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