Lordishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a lordish manner.

    "Bark peeled from them, brittle as cicada shell; in their branches stood tawny frogmouths, their beaks lordishly raised."

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"Bark peeled from them, brittle as cicada shell; in their branches stood tawny frogmouths, their beaks lordishly raised."

Etymology

From lordish + -ly.

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