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whorely

whorely adjective: of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.

Adjective

whorely (comparative more whorely, superlative most whorely)

  1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.
    • […] the family spawned two kinds of women, the womanly woman and her negation, the whorely whore: the pure and the impure.2013, Martha Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age - Page 168
    • So, since she had thrown away all her whorely jewels, she turned the umbilical cord into a necklace and wore it around her alabaster neck.2013, Daniel Arasse, Take a Closer Look - Page 81

Forms of whorely

comparativemore whorely
superlativemost whorely

Origin of whorely

From whore + -ly.

Questions about whorely

What does whorely mean?
Whorely means of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.
What part of speech is whorely?
Whorely is an adjective.

Words near whorely in the dictionary

  1. whorelet
  2. whorelets
  3. whorelike
  4. whoreling
  5. whorelings
  6. whorely
  7. whoreman
  8. whoremaster
  9. whoremasterly
  10. whoremasters
  11. whoremen

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