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townly

townly adjective: characteristic of a town or its inhabitants.

Adjective

townly (comparative more townly, superlative most townly)

  1. (rare) Characteristic of a town or its inhabitants.
    • The city, although it has been so called certainly by anticipation, already begins to wear a townly aspect, and to exhibit the symptoms of a thriving community.1838, Public Library of South Australia, South Australian facsimile editions (issue 34, page 13)

Forms of townly

comparativemore townly
superlativemost townly

Origin of townly

From town + -ly.

Questions about townly

What does townly mean?
Townly means characteristic of a town or its inhabitants.
What part of speech is townly?
Townly is an adjective.

Words near townly in the dictionary

  1. Townley
  2. Townleys
  3. townlike
  4. townling
  5. townlings
  6. townly
  7. townman
  8. townmate
  9. townmates
  10. townmen
  11. townpeople

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