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puritanically

adv

Etymology

From puritanical + -ly.

  1. derived from *pewH-✻ — “to cleanse, purify”
  2. derived from pūrus — “clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”
  3. derived from pur
  4. inherited from pure
  5. suffixed as purity — “pure + ity”
  6. formed as puritan — “purity + -an”
  7. suffixed as puritanic — “puritan + ic”
  8. suffixed as puritanical — “puritanic + -al”
  9. suffixed as puritanically — “puritanical + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a puritanical manner.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of puritanically.

    • In this view it wants color, passion, it is too self-conscious and prudish, not to say Puritanically mock-modest.
    • Even that smooth, close-shaven cleanliness was so Puritanically aggressive as to make one abhor the very idea of soap.

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