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PLUCKILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pluckily mean?
• PLUCKILY (adverb)
The adverb PLUCKILY has 1 sense:
1. in a plucky manner
Familiarity information: PLUCKILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a plucky manner
Context example:
he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods
Pertainym:
plucky (showing courage)
Context examples
They had set me with my back against the wall, and I stood there, looking Silver in the face, pluckily enough, I hope, to all outward appearance, but with black despair in my heart.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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