adorably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adorable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English adorably

From adorable + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɔɹəbli/

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Adverb

adorably (comparative more adorably, superlative most adorably)

1. In an adorable manner.

   She always said that preschoolers danced adorably, so it was no wonder that she opened a dance school for them.

Translations

in an adorable manner

• Catalan: adorablement (ca)
• Finnish: ihailtavasti (fi), hurmaavasti (fi)
• Interlingua: adorabilemente
• Italian: adorabilmente (it)
• Norman: adouothabliément
• Polish: uroczo (pl)
• Portuguese: adoravelmente
• Romanian: în mod adorabil

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