learnedly

See also: learnèdly

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English learned
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English learnedly

    From learned + -ly.

    Adverb

    learnedly (comparative more learnedly, superlative most learnedly)

    1. In an educated and knowledgeable manner.
      The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman.

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