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belongingly

belongingly adverb: in a manner characteristic of belonging.

Adverb

belongingly (comparative more belongingly, superlative most belongingly)

  1. In a manner characteristic of belonging.
    • To the man who stands belongingly in this continuum, no event that may be predicated of him is inappropriate.1961, John Berry, Flight of White Crows: Stories, Tales, and Paradoxes, Macmillan, page 183
    • For there is nothing, in a free society, to prevent those who wish from going off in separate communities and living primitively and “belongingly.”1970, Murray N. Rothbard, Power & Market: Government and the Economy, Ludwig von Mises Institute, published 2006, →ISBN, page 272

Forms of belongingly

comparativemore belongingly
superlativemost belongingly

Origin of belongingly

From belonging + -ly.

Questions about belongingly

What does belongingly mean?
Belongingly means in a manner characteristic of belonging.
What part of speech is belongingly?
Belongingly is an adverb.

Words near belongingly in the dictionary

  1. Belongia
  2. Belongias
  3. belongin'
  4. belonginess
  5. belonging
  6. belongingly
  7. belongingness
  8. belongingnesses
  9. belongings
  10. belongness
  11. belongs

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