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  • adverb In an adenoidal way.

Etymologies

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adenoidal +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The stiff, dark-clad figure hovering over the stove turned, the black eyes widened; a young convict girl peeling potatoes at the work table laid down her knife and stared with mouth adenoidally agape.

    Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000

  • The stiff, dark-clad figure hovering over the stove turned, the black eyes widened; a young convict girl peeling potatoes at the work table laid down her knife and stared with mouth adenoidally agape.

    Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000

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