"plumply" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more plumply [comparative], most plumply [superlative]
Etymology: From plump + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|plump|ly}} plump + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} plumply (comparative more plumply, superlative most plumply)
  1. unreservedly; fully Synonyms: roundly, plainly
    Sense id: en-plumply-en-adv-OZ2KB-pz
  2. With plumpness, in a plump way.
    Sense id: en-plumply-en-adv-AvY-JzMG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
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          "ref": "1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XVII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section PART III, page 219:",
          "text": "He was plumply pleased by salutes on the street from unknown small boys; his ears were tickled to ruddy ecstasy by hearing himself called \"Colonel;\" and if he did not attend Sunday School merely to be thus exalted, certainly he thought about it all the way there.",
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