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woollenly

woollenly adverb: as through wool.

Adverb

woollenly (comparative more woollenly, superlative most woollenly)

  1. (rare) As through wool.
    • He heard them woollenly, through the throbbing in his head.1955, Rosemary Sutcliff, “The Arm-Ring”, in Outcast, London: Oxford University Press, published 1966, page 62
    • ‘We’re going to make friends in here,’ I bellowed woollenly through the scarf tied bandit-style round my face.1999, Tim Moore, Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer, London: Abacus, →ISBN, page 267

Forms of woollenly

comparativemore woollenly
superlativemost woollenly

Origin of woollenly

From woollen + -ly.

Questions about woollenly

What does woollenly mean?
Woollenly means as through wool.
What part of speech is woollenly?
Woollenly is an adverb.

Words near woollenly in the dictionary

  1. Woollcott
  2. woollen
  3. woollenet
  4. woollenets
  5. woollenette
  6. woollenly
  7. woollens
  8. woolleny
  9. Wooller
  10. woolless
  11. woollessness

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