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choosingly

choosingly adverb: in a choosy manner; pickily.

Adverb

choosingly (comparative more choosingly, superlative most choosingly)

  1. In a choosy manner; pickily.
    • Then he stepped choosingly over the ground until he picked out a spot of loose pebbly soil on the arroyo bank, where he began to scoop out a grave, using his hunting knife and his hands.1926, Rose Lucile Ellerbe, Ropes of Sand, page 16

Forms of choosingly

comparativemore choosingly
superlativemost choosingly

Origin of choosingly

From choosing + -ly.

Questions about choosingly

What does choosingly mean?
Choosingly means in a choosy manner; pickily.
What part of speech is choosingly?
Choosingly is an adverb.

Words near choosingly in the dictionary

  1. choosing out
  2. choosing sides
  3. choosing the wrong horse
  4. choosing up
  5. choosing violence
  6. choosingly
  7. choosings
  8. choosy
  9. choot pattern
  10. choottachi
  11. choottachis

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