Meanings
- not comparableWith respect to horticulture.
Ripeness can be trusted. Young women are green. I spoke horticulturally. My metaphor was drawn from fruits.
1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act II]
Origin
- Englishhorticulture
- Englishhorticultural
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishhorticulturally
From horticultural + -ly.
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