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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Quakerly en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Quaker Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English Quakerly From Quaker + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to Quakers.
    • I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion.
  2. Befitting a Quaker.
    • Those pretty curls were not Quakerly.

Forms

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most Quakerly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more Quakerly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unquakerly