plummily

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English

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Etymology

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From plummy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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plummily (comparative more plummily, superlative most plummily)

  1. In a plummy manner.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 582:
      He laughed again, plummily. "Sounds as though he'd committed the murder himself."
    • 2004, Michael Byers, Long for This World, page 162:
      Her voice rose plummily into the darkened room []