familiarly

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/fəˈmɪl.jɚ.li/
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/fəˈmɪl.jɚ.li/ · /fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ.li/

Definition of familiarly

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. With a lack of formality:
    “He spoke familiarly to the hotel porter.”
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adv

  1. With a lack of formality:
    “He spoke familiarly to the hotel porter.”
  2. (dated)With a lack of formality:
  3. (alt-of, colloquial)With a lack of formality:
    “The giant panda, familiarly known as a "panda bear", is not actually a bear at all.”
  4. With knowledge or experience:
    “The voice from downstairs sounded familiarly like a foghorn, and right away he knew that Uncle Fred had arrived.”
  5. With knowledge or experience:
    “The instructor spoke familiarly about the dangerous conditions on the mountain during the winter.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English familierly, equivalent to familiar + -ly.

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