thrawnly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thrawn +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

thrawnly (comparative more thrawnly, superlative most thrawnly)

  1. (rare) In a thrawn manner.
    • 1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, page 250:
      Then the man repented his words and stared at the thing in the moss. "What bird are ye?" he asked thrawnly.
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