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unctuously

unctuously adverb: insincerely and excessively charming.

Adverb

unctuously (comparative more unctuously, superlative most unctuously)

  1. Insincerely and excessively charming.

Forms of unctuously

comparativemore unctuously
superlativemost unctuously

Origin of unctuously

From unctuous + -ly.

Questions about unctuously

What does unctuously mean?
Unctuously means insincerely and excessively charming.
What part of speech is unctuously?
Unctuously is an adverb.

Words near unctuously in the dictionary

  1. uncts
  2. unctuose
  3. unctuosities
  4. unctuosity
  5. unctuous
  6. unctuously
  7. unctuousness
  8. uncubbed
  9. uncubed
  10. uncucked
  11. uncuckold

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