adoptedly

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English

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Etymology

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From adopted +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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adoptedly (comparative more adoptedly, superlative most adoptedly)

  1. In a manner of something adopted.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
      LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
      ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.

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