Meanings
comparative more modernly · superlative most modernly
- In modern times; recently.
If our painters must clothe their portraits in idealities at all, let us at once return to the old taste in this beautiful branch of the fine arts, – as we have modernly done in our buildings, and partially in our statues […]
1836, Cornelius Webbe, Glances at Life in City and Suburb, page 225
Origin
Translations
Finnish modernisti, nykyaikaisesti
- modernistiin a modern manner
- nykyaikaisestiin a modern manner
French modernement
- modernementin a modern manner
Italian modernamente
- modernamentein a modern manner
Polish nowocześnie, modernistycznie
- nowocześniein a modern manner
- modernistyczniein a modern manner
Swedish modernt
- moderntin a modern manner
Cite this entry
modernly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modernly
“modernly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modernly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modernly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modernly.
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