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uncontainably en · ADV

Etymology

From uncontainable + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an uncontainable way.
    • Here, Mr. Hodgkin has slathered green onto a cheap frame, as he frequently does, incorporating the frames as objects and also making the pictures seem to spill out, uncontainably, beyond their edges. 2007 February 16, Michael Kimmelman, “Blasts of Color, Evoking Memories”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more uncontainably Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most uncontainably Degree=Sup lexicographic