Learnedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an educated and knowledgeable manner.

    "The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with erudition; in an erudite manner wordnet

Synonyms

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consciouslyeruditelyeruditelyintelligentlyknowinglywittingly

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"The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman."

Etymology

From learned + -ly.

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