plummily

English

Etymology

From plummy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

plummily (comparative more plummily, superlative most plummily)

1. In a plummy manner.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 582:

     He laughed again, plummily. "Sounds as though he'd committed the murder himself."

   • 2004, Michael Byers, Long for This World, page 162:

     Her voice rose plummily into the darkened room […]