camply

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adverb

In a camp manner.

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Meanings

adverbcamply (comparative more camply, superlative most camply)

comparative more camply · superlative most camply

  1. In a camp manner.

    […] she is adopting a mannered elegance much as a man does when he is being camply effeminate.

    2013, Richard Dyer, Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society, page 190

Origin

From camp + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clampy
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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