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tone-deafly

tone-deafly adverb: in a tone-deaf manner.

Adverb

tone-deafly (comparative more tone-deafly, superlative most tone-deafly)

  1. In a tone-deaf manner.

Forms of tone-deafly

comparativemore tone-deafly
superlativemost tone-deafly

Origin of tone-deafly

From tone-deaf + -ly.

Questions about tone-deafly

What does tone-deafly mean?
Tone-deafly means in a tone-deaf manner.
What part of speech is tone-deafly?
Tone-deafly is an adverb.

Words near tone-deafly in the dictionary

  1. tone up
  2. tone with
  3. tone-bearing unit
  4. tone-bearing units
  5. tone-deaf
  6. tone-deafly
  7. tone-deafness
  8. tonearm
  9. tonearms
  10. tonebar
  11. tonebars

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