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punily, adv.|ˈpjuːnɪlɪ| [f. puny a. + -ly2.] In a puny manner; weakly.
1775H. Walpole Let. to Conway 22 Jan., Lord Rockingham, very punily, and the Duke of Richmond joined and supported the motion. 1827W. Kennedy Fitful Fancies 85 The narrow shell In which the creeping creature man Loves punily to dwell. 1906Belloc Hills & Sea 56 In Africa, where men build so squat and punily. 1942W. Faulkner Go down, Moses 193 That doomed wilderness whose edges were being constantly and punily gnawed at by men with plows and axes. |