phonily

P3H4O1N1I1L1Y4

adverb

In a phony way, or to a phony extent.

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Meanings

adverbphonily (comparative more phonily, superlative most phonily)

comparative more phonily · superlative most phonily

  1. In a phony way, or to a phony extent.

    Or in the 70s without its being a case in point that our need for nostalgia had, after the coming and going of scads of phonily rustic eateries, really reached absurd proportions.

    1988 December 23, Gary Houston, “The Beginning of the End”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From phony + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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