Definitions
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- adverb
finely ;excellently ; with highquality
Etymologies
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sterling + -ly
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Examples
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Eventually he mumbled some avoidance words that were sterlingly unconvincing.
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Eventually he mumbled some avoidance words that were sterlingly unconvincing.
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His passing is a great loss to the City and the Country, which he served so sterlingly.
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Hearing any sort of advice from my dad is risky business, especially in certain circumstances for which I believe he is not sterlingly proficient.
PEAS ON TOAST 2008
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