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mountainously

adv

Etymology

From mountainous + -ly. Coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

  1. derived from mons — “mountain”
  2. derived from montāniōsus
  3. borrowed from montagneux
  4. suffixed as mountainously — “mountainous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a mountainous manner.

    • Besides her fruitfull earth, her mightie breadth and length, Doth Chiltern fitly match: which mountainously hie, And beeing very long, so likewise shee doth lie;

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