Canadianly

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adverb

In a Canadian way; in a manner characteristic of Canada or Canadians.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbCanadianly (comparative more Canadianly, superlative most Canadianly)

comparative more Canadianly · superlative most Canadianly

  1. In a Canadian way; in a manner characteristic of Canada or Canadians.

    There was a nervousness under that quick Canadianly-accented talk of his, as if he were working himself up to something.

    1920, Berta Ruck, Sweethearts Unmet, Hodder & Stoughton, published 1920, page 270
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    […] so that in a minute a burly bearded thoroughly Canadian figure in one of those Canadianly inevitable checked-flannel shirts appears out of the dim light in the shop's back room and wipes its mouth on first one sleeve then the other […]

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 480

    (Apparently, even having a favorite Mountie is an American trait. When I asked the twentieth commissioner of Mounties, Giuliano "Zach" Zaccardelli, who was his favorite RCMP commissioner in history, he answered Canadianly, "Every one of them has contributed tremendously to the legacy of the RCMP, and I hope that during my tenure I will be able to add some value to the legacy that those nineteen who came before me left for this organization.")

    2002, Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 151

Origin

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APA

Canadianly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadianly

MLA

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Chicago

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