nunnishly

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English

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Etymology

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nunnish +‎ -ly

Adverb

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nunnishly (comparative more nunnishly, superlative most nunnishly)

  1. In a nunnish manner.
    • 1918, Mrs. Baillie Reynolds, The Lonely Stronghold, page 186:
      A small person in a long plain overall, almost childish, nunnishly garbed from throat to foot!