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Southernly en · ADV

Etymology

From Southern + -ly.

Meanings

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of southernly (“in the manner of the South or of Southerners”).
   alt of southernly
   • The Southerners later convened in Birmingham to organize the States' Rights party, selecting Senator Strom Thurmond […] It wasn't a Southernly reception. 2019, James T Sears, Lonely Hunters: An Oral History Of Lesbian And Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • […] and the imposing images of her pioneer, but now diabetic and near-blind father, Furman Temple (Ralph Waite) and her Southernly genteel theatrical mother, […] 2011, Andrew B. Leiter, Southerners on Film: Essays on Hollywood Portrayals Since the 1970s, McFarland, →ISBN, page 181:
   • The community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere. 1972, Sh'ma:

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