numberly

adj, adv — 2 senses

numberly

adj

Etymology From number + -ly. Compare numberlike.

1

Nonstandard, Rare Of or relating to number; numerous.

  • The foregrounds will give ample scope to the most inventive faculties, and the contrivances are numberly that are intended to remind us of rocks, stumps, gates, grasses, trees and the general make up of any ordinary every day scene.1872, The Photographer's Friend:
  • […] and observation into all the curious ways in which light can be observed in the laboratory, to try to find out in a precise numberly way the methods in which light behaves in carefully chosen circumstances and then to see if this behaviour can be expressed by a few precise scientific laws designed to fit the facts.1947, Notices of the Proceedings, volume 34, page 534:
1 more example
  • […] (but never pork: Black Muslims are numberly enough to affect the menu at Quentin), and there's a steady demand for the entreé on the tiers.2003, South Dakota Review, volume 41, page 123:

numberly

adv

Etymology From number + -ly.

1

Nonstandard, Rare In regard to number.

  • […] parts of the former Yugoslavia, narrowed with an enslaved appetite of their neighbors, being numberly more and more less, sacrificed in front of an altar of the non efficiency […]1995, Sanjak Bulletin - Issues 1-40, page 4:
  • The results showed that the most of A(570) values in EP-PF group were numberly or significantly larger than those of the corresponding virus control group and the highest virus inhibitory rates of EP-PF at optimal concentration group were the highest among four prescription groups in three drug-adding modes […]2012, Immunoglobulins—Advances in Research and Application:

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