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unkissably

unkissably adverb: so as to preclude kissing.

Adverb

unkissably (not comparable)

  1. So as to preclude kissing.
    • Just as he was ready to spring all two hundred pounds of him on the helpless lizard, his attention was distracted by a rather large snake of the unkissably poisonous variety.1982, Craig Strete, Dreams That Burn in the Night, page 52
    • In any case, the unkissably shrewish Kate seems to be offering a bit of conspiratorial advice, "Slip around [the back]," as if to get away with something.2002, Morton Levitt, Joyce and the Joyceans, page 173

Origin of unkissably

From unkissable + -ly.

Questions about unkissably

What does unkissably mean?
Unkissably means so as to preclude kissing.
What part of speech is unkissably?
Unkissably is an adverb.

Words near unkissably in the dictionary

  1. unkirking
  2. unkirks
  3. unkirtled
  4. unkiss
  5. unkissable
  6. unkissably
  7. unkissed
  8. unkisses
  9. unkissing
  10. unkist
  11. unkitschy

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