frontly

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adverb

Towards or through the front of something; directly.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adverbfrontly (comparative more frontly, superlative most frontly)

comparative more frontly · superlative most frontly

  1. Towards or through the front of something; directly.

    Dad put Eleanor in the center as the cameras focused frontly on her and the audience saw him from the back as he interviewed her.

    2003, Julie Sinatra, Under My Skin: My Father, Frank Sinatra: The Man Behind the Mystique, Lincoln, N.E.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 197
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    "We are not the only polluter on this planet, and we have taken the subject frontly, directly and massively," he told New Scientist. He said her message will lead to a world where people will be unable to connect.

    2019 December 31, Adam Vaughan, quoting Alexandre de Juniac, “Aviation chief criticises Greta Thunberg and 'flight-shaming' movement”, in New Scientist, London: New Scientist Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2023

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“frontly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontly.

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