humpily

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English

Etymology

humpy +‎ -ly

Adverb

humpily (comparative more humpily, superlative most humpily)

  1. In a humpy manner.
    • 1921, Reginald Farrer, The Rainbow Bridge, London: E. Arnold & Co., Chapter 10, p. 181,[1]
      Potentilla and Ivory Daphne sat humpily about on the unfolded lawns, and ahead, there towered out enormous cliffs and fantastic pinnacles of what looked like Dolomite.