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dilettantely

adv

Etymology

From dilettante + -ly.

  1. derived from dēlectāre
  2. borrowed from dilettante
  3. suffixed as dilettantely — “dilettante + ly”

Definitions

  1. In the manner of a dilettante.

    • The meal was a silent one, neither eating, but dilettantely sipping the tea, and shortly both arose.
    • It was played with moderate success 20 years ago by Edwin Booth, although presented dilettantely off and on many years preceding.
    • For four generations the men had been educated to a profession which was more or less dilettantely pursued, while a sufficient income from herds and horses made life a series of gracious gestures.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA