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filmily

adv

Etymology

From filmy + -ly.

  1. inherited from *filmīn-✻ — “thin skin, membrane”
  2. inherited from *filmīn-✻
  3. inherited from filmen — “film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”
  4. inherited from filme
  5. suffixed as filmy — “film + y”
  6. suffixed as filmily — “filmy + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a filmy manner.

    • The fine rain blew very softly, filmily, but the wind made no noise. Nothing made any sound.

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