Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner befitting a widow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Becoming or like a widow.
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- adjective Like, or suiting, a
widow .
Etymologies
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widow + -ly
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Examples
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How she managed it none but herself knew; but this charming young person, although the daughter of a widowly exile of France who made an uncertain living by letting lodgings in the region between south and west of Washington Square, always managed to dress herself delightfully.
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902
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