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suently

suently adverb: evenly; smoothly.

Adverb

suently (comparative more suently, superlative most suently)

  1. (archaic) Evenly; smoothly.
    • After a while the workmen engaged on the mill came to a difficulty, and the mill stopped, nor could they rectify the fault. Little Will Davy pointed out the defects; they saw that he was right, remedied the defects, and the mill ran "suently."1908, Sabine Baring-Gould, Devonshire Characters and Strange Events, The Rev. W. Davy

Forms of suently

comparativemore suently
superlativemost suently

Origin of suently

From suent + -ly.

Questions about suently

What does suently mean?
Suently means evenly; smoothly.
What part of speech is suently?
Suently is an adverb.

Words near suently in the dictionary

  1. Suells
  2. Suen
  3. suene
  4. Suens
  5. suent
  6. suently
  7. suer
  8. suero
  9. Sueros
  10. suers
  11. sues

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