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Definition: MOLLIENTLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. Assuagingly.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective mollient.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(mollient)
1. Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.[Websters].
2. Being emollient.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb molliently.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Molliently" is a common misspelling or typo for: emolliently.

Date "Molliently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: MOLLIENTLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adverb1. Assuagingly.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective mollient.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(mollient)
1. Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.[Websters].
2. Being emollient.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb molliently.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "MOLLIENTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: mollient

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Softening; assuaging; lessening. [See Emollient, which is generally used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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