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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wholesomely en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English holsumly, holsumliche, equivalent to wholesome + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a wholesome manner.
    • He let it be thought that he was wholesomely home-grown, not the son of the son of an immigrant. 2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 176:

Forms

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most wholesomely Degree=Sup lexicographic
more wholesomely Degree=Cmp lexicographic
holesomely alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

unwholesomely