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bendingly

bendingly adverb: in a manner involving bending.

Adverb

bendingly (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In a manner involving bending.
    • […] he trembled violently ; on replacing him at his seat, the agitation continued, his arms bendingly extended, and with such a look, he thanked me […]1810, Various authors, The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 80, Part 2, page 42
    • By layers of the young shoots, may propagate vines, mulberries, figs, filberts,&c. laying them bendingly into the earth, three, four, or five inches deep […]1832, John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe, Every man his own gardener, page 507

Origin of bendingly

From bending + -ly.

Questions about bendingly

What does bendingly mean?
Bendingly means in a manner involving bending.
What part of speech is bendingly?
Bendingly is an adverb.

Words near bendingly in the dictionary

  1. bending the knee
  2. bending the rules
  3. bending the truth
  4. bending to one's will
  5. bending to someone's will
  6. bendingly
  7. bendings
  8. bendiocarb
  9. bendir
  10. Bendire's shrew
  11. Bendire's water shrew

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