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starchly

starchly adverb: in a starched or starchy manner; stiffly, formally.

Adverb

starchly (comparative more starchly, superlative most starchly)

  1. (rare) In a starched or starchy manner; stiffly, formally
    • Starchly Crisp; hole cancelled1969, The Numismatist, volume 82, page 1496
    • I did not see that quilting made me a Jake, and I replied starchly, "Madam, I purchased these fabrics on my walk just now."2001, Sandra Dallas, Alice's Tulips: A Novel, page 116

starchly meaning in Tamil

starchly in Tamil

சரி நுட்பமாய் ஆசார நுணுக்கமாக

Forms of starchly

comparativemore starchly
superlativemost starchly

Origin of starchly

From starch + -ly.

Questions about starchly

What does starchly mean?
Starchly means in a starched or starchy manner; stiffly, formally.
What is starchly in Tamil?
Starchly in Tamil is சரி நுட்பமாய் ஆசார நுணுக்கமாக. See Starchly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is starchly?
Starchly is an adverb.

Words near starchly in the dictionary

  1. starchitecture
  2. starchitectures
  3. starchless
  4. starchlessness
  5. starchlike
  6. starchly
  7. starchman
  8. starchmen
  9. starchness
  10. starchroot
  11. starchroots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starchly (page history and authors); starchly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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