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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

classicly en · ADV

Etymology

From classic + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a classic way.
    • Tilting your head to the side, inching a clip off your ear as you answer the phone, is a classicly flirtatious act, like dabbing wrists with perfume or slipping into high heels. 2007 January 11, Alexa Brazilian, “Clip-Ons Are Back. Fondling Allowed.”, in New York Times:
    • He was a classicly educated man, but he had a brusque manner... 1887, Elizabeth Moore Chapin, American Court Gossip:

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most classicly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more classicly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

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