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gargantuanly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English gargantuan Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English gargantuanly From gargantuan + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a gargantuan manner.
    • Auntie coughed gargantuanly. 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 231:

Forms

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Gargantuanly alternative lexicographic
most gargantuanly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more gargantuanly Degree=Cmp lexicographic