- punily
- adverb see puny
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
punily
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punily — puny ► ADJECTIVE (punier, puniest) 1) small and weak. 2) meagre. DERIVATIVES punily adverb puniness noun. ORIGIN phonetic spelling of PUISNE(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
punily — See puny. * * * … Universalium
punily — adverb In a puny fashion … Wiktionary
punily — pjuËnɪlɪ adv. weakly, feebly … English contemporary dictionary
punily — pu·ni·ly … English syllables
punily — adverb in a puny manner • Derived from adjective: ↑puny … Useful english dictionary
puny — punily, adv. puniness, n. /pyooh nee/, adj., punier, puniest. 1. of less than normal size and strength; weak. 2. unimportant; insignificant; petty or minor: a puny excuse. 3. Obs. puisne. [1540 50; sp. var. of PUISNE] * * * … Universalium
puny — adjective (punier; est) Etymology: Anglo French puisné younger, weakly, literally, born afterward, from puis afterward + né born Date: 1593 slight or inferior in power, size, or importance ; weak • punily adverb • puniness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
puniness — [pyo͞o′nē nis] n. puny quality or condition * * * See punily. * * * … Universalium
poorly — Synonyms and related words: abjectly, abominably, ailing, arrantly, atrociously, badly, basely, below par, commonly, contemptibly, crudely, despicably, execrably, flagrantly, foully, frugally, grossly, heinously, improperly, inadeptly,… … Moby Thesaurus
