Meanings
adverbspellingly (comparative more spellingly, superlative most spellingly)
comparative more spellingly · superlative most spellingly
- rareSpelling out words from letters.
Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty.
1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, Lords ad Liveries
Origin
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APA
spellingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spellingly
MLA
“spellingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spellingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spellingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spellingly.
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