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verminly

verminly adjective: resembling vermin.

Adjective

verminly (comparative more verminly, superlative most verminly)

  1. (obsolete) Resembling vermin.
    • a verminly generation1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes

Adverb

verminly (comparative more verminly, superlative most verminly)

  1. (obsolete) In the manner of vermin.

Forms of verminly

Adjective
comparativemore verminly
superlativemost verminly
Adverb
comparativemore verminly
superlativemost verminly

Origin of verminly

From vermin + -ly.

Questions about verminly

What does verminly mean?
Verminly means resembling vermin.
What part of speech is verminly?
Verminly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near verminly in the dictionary

  1. verminicidal
  2. verminicide
  3. verminicides
  4. verminiferous
  5. verminlike
  6. verminly
  7. verminous
  8. verminously
  9. verminproof
  10. verminproofed
  11. verminproofing

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