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toothily

toothily adverb: in a toothy manner.

Adverb

toothily (comparative more toothily, superlative most toothily)

  1. In a toothy manner.
    • Also eyeing them is a pair of toothily circling predators, who seem set to add Haley and Dave to their noisome floating larder of previously chomped-on snacks.2019 December 7, Jeannette Catsoulis, “‘Crawl’ Review: See You Later, Alligator”, in The New York Times

Forms of toothily

comparativemore toothily
superlativemost toothily

Origin of toothily

From toothy + -ly.

Questions about toothily

What does toothily mean?
Toothily means in a toothy manner.
What part of speech is toothily?
Toothily is an adverb.

Words near toothily in the dictionary

  1. toothfuls
  2. toothie
  3. toothier
  4. toothies
  5. toothiest
  6. toothily
  7. toothiness
  8. toothinesses
  9. toothing
  10. toothings
  11. toothleaf

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