campily

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adverb

In a campy manner.

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Meanings

adverbcampily (comparative more campily, superlative most campily)

comparative more campily · superlative most campily

  1. In a campy manner.

    CN also included a mock spread titled “Heterosexuality in America,” campily dismissing and rejecting the power of LIFE to depict their lives.

    2012, Todd J. Ormsbee, The Meaning of Gay: Interaction, Publicity, and Community among Homosexual Men in 1960s San Francisco, page 68

Origin

From campy + -ly.

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APA

campily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campily

MLA

“campily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “campily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campily.

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