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blottingly

blottingly adverb: so as to produce blots.

Adverb

blottingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to produce blots.
    • That Pen, which now writes blottingly, might be well made at first, and will write fairly again […]1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes, page 248
  2. So as to blot out or conceal.
    • She trod like a featureless shade; her shawl wrapped blottingly about her face and her mind moving within herself and for herself.2019, James Stephens, The Demi-Gods

Origin of blottingly

From blotting + -ly.

Questions about blottingly

What does blottingly mean?
Blottingly means so as to produce blots.
What part of speech is blottingly?
Blottingly is an adverb.

Words near blottingly in the dictionary

  1. blotting out
  2. blotting pad
  3. blotting paper
  4. blotting papers
  5. blotting up
  6. blottingly
  7. blottings
  8. blotto
  9. blotto box
  10. blotto boxes
  11. blottoed

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