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warningfully

warningfully adverb: in a warningful manner.

Adverb

warningfully (comparative more warningfully, superlative most warningfully)

  1. In a warningful manner.
    • Quickly, warningfully Buck Mulligan bent down1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    • “I guess everything that comes out of the human mouth is poison,” said Doc warningfully.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

Forms of warningfully

comparativemore warningfully
superlativemost warningfully

Origin of warningfully

From warningful + -ly.

Questions about warningfully

What does warningfully mean?
Warningfully means in a warningful manner.
What part of speech is warningfully?
Warningfully is an adverb.

Words near warningfully in the dictionary

  1. warning track
  2. warning tracks
  3. warning triangle
  4. warning triangles
  5. warningful
  6. warningfully
  7. warningless
  8. warningly
  9. warnings
  10. Warnke
  11. Warnken

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