naughtly

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Adverb[edit]

naughtly (comparative more naughtly, superlative most naughtly)

  1. (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly
    • c. 1658, Thomas Phaer, "Owen Glendour", The Mirror for Magistrates, reprinted in Shorter English Poems, Volume 1 of Cassell's library of English literature, Henry Morley (editor), 1876, page 180
      Because my parents naughtly brought me up.

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