Meanings
adverbflourily (comparative more flourily, superlative most flourily)
comparative more flourily · superlative most flourily
- In a floury manner.
There was about a stone of potatoes in the centre of the table, bursting flourily through their skins, the steam rising from them.
1951, Walter Macken, Rain on the Wind
Origin
From floury + -ly. Piecewise doublet of flowerily.
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flourily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flourily
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