goutily en · ADV
Etymology
From gouty + -ly.
Meanings
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In a gouty manner; as if affected with gout.
the iron pins of the flagstaff creaked goutily and painfully; the flagstaffs themselves bent as though they were the masts of a fleet of houses moored in a roadstead of bricks.
1901, Louis Couperus, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Small Souls, Chapter XXII:He hobbled goutily away.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more goutily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most goutily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |