distinguishedly
English
Etymology
distinguished + -ly
Adverb
distinguishedly (comparative more distinguishedly, superlative most distinguishedly)
- In a distinguished manner.
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
- This address was presented to the queen a day before that of the lords, and received an answer distinguishedly gracious.
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for distinguishedly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)