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diaphanously en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English diaphanous Middle English -ly English -ly English diaphanously From diaphanous + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a diaphanous manner.
    • The nightclubs generally provide liquor (at a price), pretty girls who are clad diaphanously but extremely effectively, a tiny space in which to dance [...] and food[.] 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 89:

Forms

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more diaphanously Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most diaphanously Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl przezroczyście (Translations) · pl ażurowo (Translations)