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winningly

winningly adverb: in a winning manner.

Adverb

winningly (comparative more winningly, superlative most winningly)

  1. In a winning manner.
    • The preteen stars develop an organic and winningly uncool rapport, that shared language of misfit middle-school camaraderie.2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
    • Smiling winningly, Francis described himself as an outsider, someone “from the end of the world”, who wanted to “walk together and work together” with the crowds who greeted him, rather than tell them what to do.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian

Forms of winningly

comparativemore winningly
superlativemost winningly

Origin of winningly

From winning + -ly.

Questions about winningly

What does winningly mean?
Winningly means in a winning manner.
What part of speech is winningly?
Winningly is an adverb.

Words near winningly in the dictionary

  1. winning ways
  2. winninger
  3. winningest
  4. Winningham
  5. Winninghams
  6. winningly
  7. winningness
  8. winnings
  9. Winnington
  10. winninish
  11. Winnipeg

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