wackily

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adverb

In a way or to an extent that is wacky.

“She was wackily entertaining.”

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adverbwackily (comparative more wackily, superlative most wackily)

comparative more wackily · superlative most wackily

  1. In a way or to an extent that is wacky.

    She was wackily entertaining.

    1 more example

    In his bestseller, How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Doug Richmond wackily offers a series of pointers on how to commit pseudocide, including how to evade police detection, arrange for a new driving licence, get a job and how to make it appear that you left the country before disappearing altogether.

    2000 June 18, Jason Cowley, “Where are they now?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a mildly insane manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

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