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Webster 1828 Edition


Adoptedly

ADOPT'EDLY

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adv.
In the manner of something adopted.

Definition 2024


adoptedly

adoptedly

English

Adverb

adoptedly (comparative more adoptedly, superlative most adoptedly)

  1. In a manner of something adopted.
    • Shakespeare
      LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
      ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.

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