Spellingly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Spelling out words from letters. rare
"Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty."
Example
More examples"Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty."
Etymology
From spelling + -ly.
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