sterilely

adv

sterilely

adv

/ˈstɛɹ.aɪl.(l)i/ · /ˈstɛɹ.ə(l).li/

Etymology From sterile + -ly.

1

in a sterile manner.

  • They were mannequins— “Dummies!” I said aloud. Hairless, bald and sterilely feminine.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 556:

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