fatly

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English

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Etymology

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From fat +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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fatly (comparative more fatly, superlative most fatly)

  1. In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 369:
      This was the hour for the dancing of the springs, but from the two sundered beds came not even the sound of sleeping. Kartar Singh smiled fatly and happily resumed his round.