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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

suchly en · ADV

Etymology

From such + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, not-comparable) In such a manner; thus.
    • You want to act like an ass I'll treat you suchly. Matilda, this is not the place, nor trust^([sic]) the time for you to be showing your ass. 2013, Raven Rose, Egyptian Labels, page 242:
    • The novel does not seek to infuse these abominations with meaningfulness (the man-eating trees signify suchly; the giant crabs signify suchly): they simply exist, the disgusting products of a natural world both chaotic and fertile in expedient. 2004, Kelly Hurley, The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle:

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