Plumply

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. in a way that expresses fullness or corpulence in a manner that showcases a round and soft appearance in an approach that reflects a plump or rounded quality
2. in a manner that embodies a soft or rounded shape in a way that exemplifies fullness or a robust appearance in a fashion that highlights ample curvature or thickness
3. Carrying a sense of fullness or softness that shows a round or well-padded shape

Etymology: Plumply is a plain formation: the adjective "plump" with the adverbial suffix "-ly" added to it. The suffix has a long ancestry of its own. It descends from a Proto-Germanic element meaning "form" or "body," which passed through Old English "-līce" (the ending used to turn adjectives into adverbs, "like" in its older sense of "in the manner of") before becoming the Middle English "-ly" we use today. So the word is an adjective wearing a suffix that once carried the sense of "in a like manner." "Plump" itself is the older and more interesting half. It came into Middle English from an earlier root that also gave rise to a sense of something swelling or thickening, and the adjective's sense of pleasant roundness developed from there. Adding "-ly" simply lets the adjective describe how something is done or looks: a cushion sits plumply, a bird puffs up plumply.

Synonyms: roundly, heavily, robustly

Antonyms: thinly, slenderly