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thrawnly

thrawnly adverb: in a thrawn manner.

Adverb

thrawnly (comparative more thrawnly, superlative most thrawnly)

  1. (rare) In a thrawn manner.
    • Then the man repented his words and stared at the thing in the moss. "What bird are ye?" he asked thrawnly.1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, page 250

Forms of thrawnly

comparativemore thrawnly
superlativemost thrawnly

Origin of thrawnly

From Scots thrawn + -ly.

Questions about thrawnly

What does thrawnly mean?
Thrawnly means in a thrawn manner.
What part of speech is thrawnly?
Thrawnly is an adverb.

Words near thrawnly in the dictionary

  1. thraving
  2. thrawcrook
  3. thrawcrooks
  4. thrawl
  5. thrawls
  6. thrawnly
  7. Thrax
  8. Thrayodashi
  9. thre
  10. thre-
  11. thread

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