Rumly

//ˈɹʌmli// adv, slang

adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rum manner; oddly, strangely. UK, colloquial, dated

    "c. 1840–1850, Virgil's Aeneid, book v., translated by Thomas Moore Thus rumly floor'd, the kind Acestes ran, / And pitying, raised from earth the game old man."

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"c. 1840–1850, Virgil's Aeneid, book v., translated by Thomas Moore Thus rumly floor'd, the kind Acestes ran, / And pitying, raised from earth the game old man."

Etymology

From rum + -ly.

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