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wailfully

wailfully adverb: in a wailful manner.

Adverb

wailfully (comparative more wailfully, superlative most wailfully)

  1. In a wailful manner.

Forms of wailfully

comparativemore wailfully
superlativemost wailfully

Origin of wailfully

From wailful + -ly.

Questions about wailfully

What does wailfully mean?
Wailfully means in a wailful manner.
What part of speech is wailfully?
Wailfully is an adverb.

Words near wailfully in the dictionary

  1. wailers
  2. wailes
  3. wailest
  4. waileth
  5. wailful
  6. wailfully
  7. wailier
  8. wailiest
  9. wailin'
  10. wailing
  11. wailing on

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