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English
Etymology
From virile + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪɹ.ə(l).li/, /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl.li/
Adverb
virilely (comparative more virilely, superlative most virilely)
- In a way or to an extent that is virile.
1988 January 22, Albert Williams, “The Glass Menagerie”, in Chicago Reader:Joe Guzaldo is, as always, a pleasure to watch and hear, with his superbly focused physical energy and virilely mellifluous voice; but his strength belies Tom's own weakness, which Williams revealed even while trying to conceal it.
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