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unseemlily

unseemlily adverb: in an unseemly manner.

Adverb

unseemlily (comparative more unseemlily, superlative most unseemlily)

  1. In an unseemly manner.
    • My eyes glisten unseemlily I know, and I grab and pounce with disgusting greed. But my husband is a small clerk in a bank; I have only fifteen pounds a year […]1931, Virginia Woolf, The London scene

Forms of unseemlily

comparativemore unseemlily
superlativemost unseemlily

Origin of unseemlily

From unseemly + -ly.

Questions about unseemlily

What does unseemlily mean?
Unseemlily means in an unseemly manner.
What part of speech is unseemlily?
Unseemlily is an adverb.

Words near unseemlily in the dictionary

  1. unseels
  2. unseeming
  3. unseemingly
  4. unseemlier
  5. unseemliest
  6. unseemlily
  7. unseemliness
  8. unseemlinesses
  9. unseemly
  10. unseen
  11. unseenness

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