rumly

English

Etymology

From rum +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʌmli/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmli

Adverb

rumly (comparative more rumly, superlative most rumly)

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated) In a rum manner; oddly, strangely.
    • c. 1840–1850, Virgil's Aeneid, book v., translated by Thomas Moore
      Thus rumly floor'd, the kind Acestes ran, / And pitying, raised from earth the game old man.
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