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alienatingly

alienatingly adverb: in a manner that tends to alienate.

Adverb

alienatingly (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that tends to alienate.
    • Naomi Wolf ’s The Beauty Myth was the first feminist treatise on women’s looks I didn’t find alienatingly hirsute.2015 September 13, Kathryn Flett, “Uncomfortably numb: 'I've had my first Botox injection and I want more'”, in The Observer

Origin of alienatingly

From alienating + -ly.

Questions about alienatingly

What does alienatingly mean?
Alienatingly means in a manner that tends to alienate.
What part of speech is alienatingly?
Alienatingly is an adverb.

Words near alienatingly in the dictionary

  1. alienate
  2. alienated
  3. alienatedly
  4. alienates
  5. alienating
  6. alienatingly
  7. alienation
  8. alienation of affection
  9. alienation of affections
  10. alienations
  11. alienator

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