learnedly

See also: learnèdly

English

Alternative forms

• learnèdly

Etymology

Etymology tree

English learned

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English learnedly

From learned + -ly.

Adverb

learnedly (comparative more learnedly, superlative most learnedly)

1. In an educated and knowledgeable manner.

   The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman.

Derived terms

• overlearnedly

Translations

in an educated manner

• Bulgarian: научно (bg) (naučno)
• Finnish: oppineesti (fi)
• German: gelehrt (de)

Anagrams

• Ellenyard