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ungirlishly

ungirlishly adverb: in an ungirlish manner.

Adverb

ungirlishly (comparative more ungirlishly, superlative most ungirlishly)

  1. In an ungirlish manner.
    • Josephine […] becomes angry, stamps her feet, curses ungirlishly, and even bites.2002, Franz Kafka, Helmuth Kiesel, Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Other Writings, page 146

Forms of ungirlishly

comparativemore ungirlishly
superlativemost ungirlishly

Origin of ungirlishly

From ungirlish + -ly.

Questions about ungirlishly

What does ungirlishly mean?
Ungirlishly means in an ungirlish manner.
What part of speech is ungirlishly?
Ungirlishly is an adverb.

Words near ungirlishly in the dictionary

  1. ungirdled
  2. ungirdles
  3. ungirdling
  4. ungirds
  5. ungirlish
  6. ungirlishly
  7. ungirly
  8. ungirt
  9. ungirth
  10. ungirthed
  11. ungirthing

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