sterilely

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/ˈstɛɹ.aɪl.(l)i//ˈstɛɹ.ə(l).li/

adverb

In a sterile manner.

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Meanings

adverbsterilely (comparative more sterilely, superlative most sterilely)

comparative more sterilely · superlative most sterilely

  1. In a sterile manner.

    They were mannequins— “Dummies!” I said aloud. Hairless, bald and sterilely feminine.

    1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 556

Origin

From sterile + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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