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Meaning of "chestily" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CHESTILY

ˈtʃɛstɪlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHESTILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chestily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CHESTILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chestily in the English dictionary

The definition of chestily in the dictionary is in a self-important and arrogant manner.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHESTILY

beastily · bloodthirstily · crustily · dustily · frostily · fustily · gustily · hastily · lustily · mistily · mustily · nastily · overhastily · rustily · tastily · testily · thirstily · trustily · yeastily · zestily

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHESTILY

chest expander · chest freezer · chest infection · chest measurement · chest of drawers · chest of viols · chest register · chest specialist · chest voice · chest-on-chest · Chester · chesterfield · Chesterfieldian · Chesterton · chestful · chestier · chestiest · chestiness · chestnut · chesty

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHESTILY

cattily · craftily · daintily · dirtily · emptily · guiltily · haughtily · heartily · jauntily · loftily · mightily · nattily · naughtily · niftily · pastily · prettily · scantily · throatily · weightily · wittily

Synonyms and antonyms of chestily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chestily» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CHESTILY

Find out the translation of chestily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chestily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chestily» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

chestily
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

chestily
570 millions of speakers
en

English

chestily
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

chestily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chestily
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

chestily
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

chestily
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

chestily
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

chestily
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Chestily
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

chestily
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

chestily
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

chestily
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Chestily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chestily
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

chestily
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Chestily
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

chestily
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

chestily
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

chestily
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

chestily
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

chestily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

chestily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chestily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chestily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chestily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chestily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHESTILY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of chestily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «chestily».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chestily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHESTILY»

Discover the use of chestily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chestily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
adv chestily. — n chest iness. chesterfield n a heavily padded leather- covered sofa with arms and back of the same height. [Named after a I9th-cent. Earl of Chesterfield] chestnut n 1 either of two shiny reddish- brown nuts — the edible sweet ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
2
Ski
... February 1965 issue of SKI. artha Jane Sterling, mother of six and co- mortgagee of the Heatherbed Lodge in Aspen, sat at the kitchen table, clamped a cigar in her teeth determinedly and pondered chestily over the copy for a new brochure.
3
The Range Dwellers
Dad could go too far in this thing, I told myself chestily. I had come, seeing that he insisted upon it, but I'd be damned if I'd work for any man with a circusposter name, and have him lord it over me. I hadn't been brought upto appreciate that kind ...
B. M. Bower, 2014
4
The Good Life: Stories
The girls sighed chestily around the table. "Like talking to a brick wall " the oldest said, and Pat lowered her eyes and smiled. Frederick gazed at her: long, wavy hair and pretty eyes, a pert nose unlike his own long one, which all the girls had ...
Erin McGraw, 2004
5
Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative ...
Hayes was a young, heavily muscled, chestily hirsute, and deeply tanned individual with long blond hair and a short beard, who wore a sequined cape emblazoned with the Confederate flag. His entrance was accompanied by booming rock ...
Bruce Lincoln, 2014
6
Deadly Perfume
“Then you do not know what has happened in London and Libya,” the Ayatollah said chestily. Raza felt a sudden pounding in his head. The pain was back, worse than he had ever known it. He closed his eyes; the throbbing was still there.
Gordon Thomas, 2012
7
Goldin: A Tale
... towards the little brass Siva Nataraja on the mantelpiece. “My friend the Lord Siva is both a creator and a destroyer.” She paused to light sweet rose incense and place it in the holder near the statuette, laughed and coughed chestily.
Michael Cope, 2005
8
WORD JUDGE USA
... CHESHIRES CHESS CHESSBOARD CHESSBOARDS CHESSES CHESSMAN CHESSMEN CHEST CHESTED CHESTERFIELD CHESTERFIELDS CHESTFUL CHESTFULS CHESTIER CHESTIEST CHESTILY CHESTNUT CHESTNUTS ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
9
Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1880-2010: An Anthology
We had drunk quite a lot. 'Can you hear that t?' I whispered, and then, raising my voice: 'Hey, did you hear that?' 'Oh for God's sake go to sleep, woman,' said Michael chestily, 'a corpse, that's all. The funeral's tomorrow.' He turned over.
Jacqueline Bel, Thomas Vaessens, 2010
10
Meyer Berger's New York
A locomotive chugged by the window, chestily pulling a string of plush-seated elevated railroad cars. Their passage shook the ground. Morning sunlight through the railroad ties made interesting patterns on the cobbled street. It was something ...
Meyer Berger, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHESTILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chestily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Strictly Come Dancing, review, week 4
Even Craig Revel Horwood was moved to a chestily intoned: “It was gaaawgeous, darling.” But with 13 contestants still shaking their stuff there ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
2
Constitution Day Special: Our Favorite Unheralded Amendments
I'm not the kind of guy to chestily proclaim that America is the greatest country on Earth, but I'll put our organizing legal document up there with ... «Above the Law, Sep 14»
3
Shakespeare in America (and the Park)
... William Carlos Williams) and a novelist (E. L. Doctorow) reading a novelist (Herman Melville, chestily proclaiming that America would have its ... «New Yorker, Jul 14»
4
Saranova and Me
The bouncer must be new, because he eyes Saranova's glass disapprovingly and prohibits us, chestily, from entering. It's already been last call ... «Sarasota, Nov 12»
5
Groban shines, pulling back a bit on trademark vibrato
Josh Groban is so square that you could use him to draw up architectural plans, and he has a voice - suboperatic, chestily dramatic, borderline ... «Boston Globe, Jul 11»
REFERENCE
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