Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a novel manner, or by a new method.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a novel manner

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Examples

  • Perhaps that academic background is what makes his books seem a little planned, a little too self-consciously 'novelly'.

    British Blogs 2008

  • Well, sort of a shadowy shiny, but mmmmm ... novelly goodness.

    Author-friends, Meet Hannah Tinti 2009

  • The very purpose of the rule of lenity, in my view, is to ensure that courts will not take standard legal terminology and novelly re-interpret it to make criminal conduct which has never been regarded as a crime in any jurisdiction.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Demanding Settlement for Clearly Baseless Lawsuit = Criminal Extortion: 2009

  • She has things graphical and novelly in the works, and a master plan for world domination involving Dungeons & Dragons and science fiction writers.

    Interviews 2009

  • She has things graphical and novelly in the works, and a master plan for world domination involving Dungeons & Dragons and science fiction writers.

    SBBT Stop: Holly Black 2007

  • When novelly-designed bridges or rockets are built, they tend to have similar failure rates to software.

    Building Bridges without Engineering Neal Ford 2007

  • She has things graphical and novelly in the works, and a master plan for world domination involving Dungeons & Dragons and science fiction writers.

    June 2007 2007

  • She has things graphical and novelly in the works, and a master plan for world domination involving Dungeons & Dragons and science fiction writers.

    SBBT Stop: Holly Black 2007

  • OH OH OH, one last thing: yes, I got the birthday package and it was filled with graphic novelly goodness that I didn't have and we are now fighting over the contents as to who gets to read which ones first EVEN THOUGH it's my birthday present.

    greetings from the land of sunshine and wagging tails Gwenda 2003

  • OH OH OH, one last thing: yes, I got the birthday package and it was filled with graphic novelly goodness that I didn't have and we are now fighting over the contents as to who gets to read which ones first EVEN THOUGH it's my birthday present.

    Archive 2003-07-01 Gwenda 2003

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