Dilettantely

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a dilettante.

    "The meal was a silent one, neither eating, but dilettantely sipping the tea, and shortly both arose."

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"The meal was a silent one, neither eating, but dilettantely sipping the tea, and shortly both arose."

Etymology

From dilettante + -ly.

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