spellingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

spelling +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

spellingly (comparative more spellingly, superlative most spellingly)

  1. (rare) Spelling out words from letters.
    • 1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, Lords ad Liveries:
      Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty.
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