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blinkingly

blinkingly adverb: while blinking, or as if blinking.

Adverb

blinkingly (comparative more blinkingly, superlative most blinkingly)

  1. While blinking, or as if blinking
    • Sir Daniel, brushing the blood out of his eyes, stared blinkingly upon his captive.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow, Book 4

Antonyms of blinkingly

Forms of blinkingly

comparativemore blinkingly
superlativemost blinkingly

Origin of blinkingly

From blinking + -ly.

Questions about blinkingly

What does blinkingly mean?
Blinkingly means while blinking, or as if blinking.
What part of speech is blinkingly?
Blinkingly is an adverb.

Words near blinkingly in the dictionary

  1. blinkily
  2. blinkin'
  3. blinkiness
  4. blinking
  5. blinking first
  6. blinkingly
  7. blinkings
  8. blinkle
  9. blinkled
  10. blinkless
  11. blinklessness

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