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sycophantly

sycophantly adverb: in a sycophantic manner.

Adverb

sycophantly (comparative more sycophantly, superlative most sycophantly)

  1. In a sycophantic manner.

Forms of sycophantly

comparativemore sycophantly
superlativemost sycophantly

Origin of sycophantly

From sycophant + -ly.

Questions about sycophantly

What does sycophantly mean?
Sycophantly means in a sycophantic manner.
What part of speech is sycophantly?
Sycophantly is an adverb.

Words near sycophantly in the dictionary

  1. sycophantisms
  2. sycophantize
  3. sycophantized
  4. sycophantizes
  5. sycophantizing
  6. sycophantly
  7. sycophantry
  8. sycophants
  9. sycoracine
  10. sycoracines
  11. Sycorax

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