fatly
Americanadverb
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in the manner of a fat person; ponderously.
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richly.
a fatly endowed foundation.
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with self-satisfaction; smugly.
Etymology
Origin of fatly
Example Sentences
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In the ocean, he flails fatly when trying to wave off the hotel employee collecting the towel in which his wallet is wrapped.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2012
He sleeps on a stained mattress in a small room he often shares with his cousins, Butter and Buckeye, and with an army of roaches that waddle fatly across the floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
She grew up fatly, not on a farm but in Washington, D. C. She liked to sing but never practiced, took lessons or learned to read music.
From Time Magazine Archive
But heat meant nothing to a veteran of Moroccan campaigns, swart General Jose Sanjurjo,* good friend of the late Dictator Primo De Rivera and of exiled King Alfonso, whom he faintly, fatly resembles.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the last minute his courage failed him and he floated fatly by without looking in.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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