thrawnly

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adverb

In a thrawn manner.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbthrawnly (comparative more thrawnly, superlative most thrawnly)

comparative more thrawnly · superlative most thrawnly

  1. rareIn a thrawn manner.

    Then the man repented his words and stared at the thing in the moss. "What bird are ye?" he asked thrawnly.

    1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, page 250

Origin

From Scots thrawn + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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