Donnishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a donnish manner.

    "I'm not usually a cherub person, he said donnishly, but the carvings are spectacular."

Example

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"I'm not usually a cherub person, he said donnishly, but the carvings are spectacular."

Etymology

From donnish + -ly.

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