"boobily" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more boobily [comparative], most boobily [superlative]
Etymology: From booby (“a stupid person”) + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|booby|-ly|t1=a stupid person}} booby (“a stupid person”) + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} boobily (comparative more boobily, superlative most boobily)
  1. (slang, obsolete) Stupid, unintelligent. Tags: obsolete, slang Synonyms: booby, boobish, stupid
    Sense id: en-boobily-en-adj-4s12i73z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Forms: more boobily [comparative], most boobily [superlative]
Etymology: From booby + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|booby|-ly}} booby + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} boobily (comparative more boobily, superlative most boobily)
  1. (nonstandard) Involving boobs (women's breasts); in a booby manner. Tags: nonstandard Derived forms: breast boobily
    Sense id: en-boobily-en-adv-cR-OvkHE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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