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ascendingly

ascendingly adverb: in an ascending manner.

Adverb

ascendingly (comparative more ascendingly, superlative most ascendingly)

  1. In an ascending manner.
    • This neighbor's own opinion has, in like manner, been adopted from one above him, and so, ascendingly, to a few gifted individuals who kneel around the summit, beholding, face to face, the master spirit who stands upon the pinnacle. "1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works

Forms of ascendingly

comparativemore ascendingly
superlativemost ascendingly

Origin of ascendingly

From ascending + -ly.

Questions about ascendingly

What does ascendingly mean?
Ascendingly means in an ascending manner.
What part of speech is ascendingly?
Ascendingly is an adverb.

Words near ascendingly in the dictionary

  1. ascending nodes
  2. ascending palatine arteries
  3. ascending palatine artery
  4. ascending pharyngeal arteries
  5. ascending pharyngeal artery
  6. ascendingly
  7. ascendings
  8. ascendostomies
  9. ascendostomy
  10. ascends
  11. ascension

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