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Definition of -ishly suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ishly

suffix

/ɪʃli/

/ɪʃli/

in adverbs (sometimes disapproving)

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in the way mentioned; like the person or thing mentioned
- foolishly
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