Definition of "monkishly" []

• In a monkish way. (adverb)

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• "The poetic use of words in unusual, appealing ways: an intellectual, lives monkishly, coddling a loss — a deceased or divorced wife, dead children, a missing brother."
• "When it comes to discussing Governor David Paterson's political future, New York Democrats are impressively, almost monkishly, focused on the present."
• "But I never thought of him as anti-violent until Uma Thurman's father came on my "Con Games" radio show in Aspen to lead me monkishly down the path of virtue."