contractedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English contracted

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English contractedly

From contracted + -ly.

Adverb

contractedly (comparative more contractedly, superlative most contractedly)

1. In a contracted manner.