tarrily

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adverb

In a tarry manner.

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Meanings

adverbtarrily (comparative more tarrily, superlative most tarrily)

comparative more tarrily · superlative most tarrily

  1. In a tarry manner.

    […] flushed cheeks and tarry hands? Let us hope that Charlotte's chintzes did not suffer too tarrily.

    1930, Arthur Alexander Thomson, Let's See the Lowlands, page 78

Origin

From tarry + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

triaryl
Cite this entry
APA

tarrily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarrily

MLA

“tarrily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarrily. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tarrily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarrily.

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