Apishly

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ap·ish (

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adj.

1. Resembling an ape.

2. Slavishly or foolishly imitative: "My own performances were apish imitations of Olivier's stirring cadences" (Robert Brustein).

3. Silly; outlandish.

apish·ly adv.

apish·ness n.

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