different between bored vs boredly

English

Etymology

bore +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /bo(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: board; baud, bawd (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

bored

1. simple past tense and past participle of bore

Adjective

bored (comparative more bored, superlative most bored)

1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

   The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.

2. Perforated by a hole or holes.

Translations

Derived terms

• be bored, Thesaurus:be bored
• boredly
• boredness
• unbored

(Expressions):

• bored out of one's brains
• bored out of one's mind
• bored out of one's tree
• bored stiff
• bored to tears

Related terms

• bore, bore out
• boredom
• boring
• unbore

See also

• ennui
• ennuyé

Anagrams

• Brode, brode, orbed, robed

English

Etymology

bored +? -ly

Adverb

boredly (comparative more boredly, superlative most boredly)

1. In a bored manner.

   Amy stared boredly out of the window, waiting for the rain to stop.