geekly

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Etymology[edit]

geek +‎ -ly

Adjective[edit]

geekly (comparative more geekly, superlative most geekly)

  1. (rare) Concerning or typical of geeks.
    • 2006, Rudy Rucker, The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul:
      As a relative novice to computing, I felt a little diffident joining this august geekly company, but they were most welcoming.
    • 2008, Christopher M Kelty, Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software and the Internet:
      ...technical choices that serve power, rather than rationality, liberty, elegance, or any other geekly concern.
  2. (rare) Resembling a geek; geeky.
    Those glasses make you look geekly.

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