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callingly

callingly adverb: so as to call or summon.

Adverb

callingly (comparative more callingly, superlative most callingly)

  1. So as to call or summon
    • Last night his car horn down at the head of the cove had sounded patiently, callingly, for most of an hour.1957, Borden Deal, Dunbar's Cove

Forms of callingly

comparativemore callingly
superlativemost callingly

Origin of callingly

From calling + -ly.

Questions about callingly

What does callingly mean?
Callingly means so as to call or summon.
What part of speech is callingly?
Callingly is an adverb.

Words near callingly in the dictionary

  1. calling up
  2. calling upon
  3. calling-card
  4. calling-cards
  5. Callingham
  6. callingly
  7. callings
  8. Callington
  9. Callinicum
  10. Callinus
  11. callionymid

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