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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pinkly en · ADV

Etymology

From pink + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a pink manner; with pink colour.
    • Stanley had been with me for only a few weeks when he vacuumed up his food even faster than normal, came back into the living room, tottered, and keeled over, eyes closed, the tip of his tongue protruding pinkly through his teeth. 2008, Kate Jennings, Stanley and Sophie, page 33:

Forms

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most pinkly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more pinkly Degree=Cmp lexicographic