Gossiply

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of or befitting a gossip; gossiplike

    "He was finding it a diverting task to make plain the "gossiply" report and to prevent the one — who, in his desperate effort to grasp the meaning of it all, was searching him — […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner befitting a gossip, or in a gossipy manner

Synonyms

All synonyms
gossipygossipy

Example

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"He was finding it a diverting task to make plain the "gossiply" report and to prevent the one — who, in his desperate effort to grasp the meaning of it all, was searching him — […]"

Etymology

From gossip + -ly.

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