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wirily

wirily adverb: in a wiry manner.

Adverb

wirily (comparative more wirily, superlative most wirily)

  1. In a wiry manner.
    • At 6 feet 5 inches and 180 pounds, wirily strong, Potter dressed in jeans and blue T-shirt emblazoned with a hawk.2008 March 14, JerLongman, “900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down”, in New York Times

Forms of wirily

comparativemore wirily
superlativemost wirily

Origin of wirily

From wiry + -ly.

Questions about wirily

What does wirily mean?
Wirily means in a wiry manner.
What part of speech is wirily?
Wirily is an adverb.

Words near wirily in the dictionary

  1. Wiricks
  2. wirier
  3. wiriest
  4. wirilda
  5. wirildas
  6. wirily
  7. wiriness
  8. wiring
  9. wiring away
  10. wiring diagram
  11. wiring diagrams

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