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stuntly

stuntly adjective: foolish, stupid.

Adjective

stuntly

  1. (obsolete) Foolish, stupid.

Adverb

stuntly (comparative more stuntly, superlative most stuntly)

  1. (obsolete) Foolishly, stupidly.

Forms of stuntly

comparativemore stuntly
superlativemost stuntly

Origin of stuntly

From Middle English *stuntly, stuntlic, from Old English stuntlīċ (“foolish”), equivalent to stunt + -ly. Compare Dutch stuntelig (“clumsy”).

From Middle English *stuntly, *stuntliche, from Old English stuntlīċe (“foolishly”), equivalent to stunt + -ly.

Questions about stuntly

What does stuntly mean?
Stuntly means foolish, stupid.
What part of speech is stuntly?
Stuntly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near stuntly in the dictionary

  1. stuntiness
  2. stunting
  3. stuntings
  4. stuntish
  5. stuntlike
  6. stuntly
  7. stuntman
  8. stuntmen
  9. stuntness
  10. stuntpeople
  11. stuntperson

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