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spunkily

spunkily adverb: in a spunky manner.

Adverb

spunkily (comparative more spunkily, superlative most spunkily)

  1. in a spunky manner
    • As for Blue, spunkily performed by Sachs, what can be said for a female character who wants her man to kill her with his dick?1989 January 20, Tom Boeker, “Beirut”, in Chicago Reader
    • Bompass holds Aurora accountable for a debt owed him by her late husband; she can't pay; and their argument escalates until Bompass, no gentleman he, challenges Aurora to a duel--and she spunkily accepts the challenge.1991 May 10, Albert Williams, “Off Off Loop Theater Festival: High Fidelity/Mo' Better Blue Velvet, or David Lynch Mob Mentality/Babes in Arms, Act I”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of spunkily

comparativemore spunkily
superlativemost spunkily

Origin of spunkily

From spunky + -ly.

Questions about spunkily

What does spunkily mean?
Spunkily means in a spunky manner.
What part of speech is spunkily?
Spunkily is an adverb.

Words near spunkily in the dictionary

  1. spunked
  2. spunked off
  3. spunkier
  4. spunkies
  5. spunkiest
  6. spunkily
  7. spunkiness
  8. spunking
  9. spunking off
  10. spunkish
  11. spunkless

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