Wordly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling a word; verbal. rare

    "But I feel an impulse to scribble wordly words, to stand in a silk hat beside the statue of Liberty and gaze out upon the Atlantic with a Carlylian pensiveness."

Example

More examples

"But I feel an impulse to scribble wordly words, to stand in a silk hat beside the statue of Liberty and gaze out upon the Atlantic with a Carlylian pensiveness."

Etymology

From word + -ly. Compare Dutch woordelijk, German wörtlich.

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