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vertiginously

vertiginously adverb: in a vertiginous manner.

Adverb

vertiginously (comparative more vertiginously, superlative most vertiginously)

  1. In a vertiginous manner.
    • He walked through the world vertiginously, as if on a tightrope.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 17

Forms of vertiginously

comparativemore vertiginously
superlativemost vertiginously

Origin of vertiginously

From vertiginous + -ly.

Questions about vertiginously

What does vertiginously mean?
Vertiginously means in a vertiginous manner.
What part of speech is vertiginously?
Vertiginously is an adverb.

Words near vertiginously in the dictionary

  1. vertiginates
  2. vertiginating
  3. vertiginid
  4. vertiginids
  5. vertiginous
  6. vertiginously
  7. vertiginousness
  8. vertigo
  9. vertigoes
  10. vertigos
  11. Vertigoverse

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