Dutchly

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of the Dutch people, language, culture, or nation; Dutchlike; Netherlandish.

    "Well, — that quiet, staid, Dutchly, phlegmatic little town went fairly wild at the sight of the slender, fair-haired boy."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a Dutchlike manner.

    "The Dutch are very Dutchly open about vice and prostitution. The girls stand in windows; gangs of hair-gelled, shirttailed English boys full of Dutch courage and wind window-shop."

Example

More examples

"Well, — that quiet, staid, Dutchly, phlegmatic little town went fairly wild at the sight of the slender, fair-haired boy."

Etymology

From Dutch + -ly. Compare Dutchlike.

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