Clownly

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or befitting a clown; clownish; clownlike.

    "The ethnographic circumstances of North American clownly behavior need not be repeated here."

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"The ethnographic circumstances of North American clownly behavior need not be repeated here."

Etymology

From clown + -ly.

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