spellingly

adv

spellingly

adv

Etymology From spelling + -ly.

1

Rare Spelling out words from letters.

Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty.1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, Lords ad Liveries:

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