sterlingly

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adverb

Finely; excellently; with high quality.

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Meanings

adverbsterlingly (comparative more sterlingly, superlative most sterlingly)

comparative more sterlingly · superlative most sterlingly

  1. Finely; excellently; with high quality.

    Of all the books which have been published on India, this, perhaps, is the most sterlingly valuable.

    1837, advertisement in The Foreign Quarterly Review (page 532)

Origin

From sterling + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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