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balkingly

balkingly adverb: in a balking manner.

Adverb

balkingly (comparative more balkingly, superlative most balkingly)

  1. in a balking manner

Forms of balkingly

comparativemore balkingly
superlativemost balkingly
alternative formbaulkingly

Origin of balkingly

From balking + -ly.

Questions about balkingly

What does balkingly mean?
Balkingly means in a balking manner.
What part of speech is balkingly?
Balkingly is an adverb.

Words near balkingly in the dictionary

  1. balkiest
  2. balkily
  3. Balkin
  4. balkiness
  5. balking
  6. balkingly
  7. balkings
  8. balkish
  9. balkline
  10. balklines
  11. Balko

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