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steamily

/ˈstiːmɪli/

steamily adverb: in a steamy manner.

Adverb

steamily (comparative more steamily, superlative most steamily)

  1. In a steamy manner.
    • Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain.2008 January 13, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times

Forms of steamily

comparativemore steamily
superlativemost steamily

Origin of steamily

From steamy + -ly.

Words that rhyme with steamily

Questions about steamily

What does steamily mean?
Steamily means in a steamy manner.
What part of speech is steamily?
Steamily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce steamily?
Steamily is pronounced /ˈstiːmɪli/.

Words near steamily in the dictionary

  1. steamfunk
  2. steamie
  3. steamier
  4. steamies
  5. steamiest
  6. steamily
  7. steaminess
  8. steaming
  9. steaming ahead
  10. steaming hot
  11. steaming off

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