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spruntly

spruntly adverb: in a sprunt manner, i.e. youthfully or elegantly.

Adverb

spruntly (comparative more spruntly, superlative most spruntly)

  1. (obsolete) In a sprunt manner, i.e. youthfully or elegantly.
    • How do I look to-day, am I not drest Spruntly? [Looks in her glass]1616, Ben Jonson, The Devil Is an Ass, act 4, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    elegantly, sprucely

Synonyms of spruntly

Forms of spruntly

comparativemore spruntly
superlativemost spruntly

Origin of spruntly

From sprunt + -ly.

Questions about spruntly

What does spruntly mean?
Spruntly means in a sprunt manner, i.e. youthfully or elegantly.
What part of speech is spruntly?
Spruntly is an adverb.

Words near spruntly in the dictionary

  1. sprunt up
  2. sprunted
  3. sprunted up
  4. sprunting
  5. sprunting up
  6. spruntly
  7. sprunts
  8. sprunts up
  9. spry
  10. spryer
  11. spryest

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