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Etymology

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From clown +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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clownly (comparative more clownly, superlative most clownly)

  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a clown; clownish; clownlike.
    • 1977, Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer, Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society:
      The ethnographic circumstances of North American clownly behavior need not be repeated here.