Wordly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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