Camply

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a camp manner.

    "[…] she is adopting a mannered elegance much as a man does when he is being camply effeminate."

Example

More examples

"[…] she is adopting a mannered elegance much as a man does when he is being camply effeminate."

Etymology

From camp + -ly.

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