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avengingly

avengingly adverb: so as to avenge.

Adverb

avengingly (comparative more avengingly, superlative most avengingly)

  1. So as to avenge.
    • In mercy ye skies to my woes,
      Let your thunders avengingly roll,
      And death kindly hush to repose
      The Etna that bursts on my soul.1764, anonymous author, “The Fair Penitant”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 34, page 540
    • The remembrance of the engagement that I had broken came back on me avengingly […]1852, Wilkie Collins, chapter 8, in Basil, volume 1, London: Richard Bentley, page 139

Forms of avengingly

comparativemore avengingly
superlativemost avengingly

Origin of avengingly

From avenging + -ly.

Questions about avengingly

What does avengingly mean?
Avengingly means so as to avenge.
What part of speech is avengingly?
Avengingly is an adverb.

Words near avengingly in the dictionary

  1. Avengersesque
  2. avenges
  3. avengest
  4. avengeth
  5. avenging
  6. avengingly
  7. avengings
  8. Avenham
  9. aveniform
  10. avenin
  11. avenine

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