meatily en · ADV
Etymology
From meaty + -ly.
Meanings
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In a meaty manner.
The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.
2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more meatily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most meatily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |