nunly

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adjective

Like a nun; nunlike.

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Meanings

adjectivenunly (comparative more nunly, superlative most nunly)

comparative more nunly · superlative most nunly

  1. Like a nun; nunlike.

    She pushes towards the king, and for a second he sees him through her eyes: a blur of red-gold and flushed skin, a ready, priapic body, a hand like a ham that stretches out to take her by her nunly elbow.

    2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 397

Origin

From nun + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lunny
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APA

nunly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunly

MLA

“nunly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nunly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunly.

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