clownishly

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adverb

In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.

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Meanings

adverbclownishly (comparative more clownishly, superlative most clownishly)

comparative more clownishly · superlative most clownishly

  1. In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.

    The swift December dusk had come tumbling clownishly after its dull day

    1916, James Joyce, chapter III, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 115

Origin

From clownish + -ly.

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Translations

Polish błazeńsko
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clownishly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clownishly.

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