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complimentingly

complimentingly adverb: in a complimentary manner; with compliments.

Adverb

complimentingly (comparative more complimentingly, superlative most complimentingly)

  1. In a complimentary manner; with compliments.
    • The speaker spoke complimentingly of the dispensary and the hospital, and of other refuges for the physically broken, […]1890, The Argonaut, volumes 1-2, page 55

Forms of complimentingly

comparativemore complimentingly
superlativemost complimentingly

Origin of complimentingly

From complimenting + -ly.

Questions about complimentingly

What does complimentingly mean?
Complimentingly means in a complimentary manner; with compliments.
What part of speech is complimentingly?
Complimentingly is an adverb.

Words near complimentingly in the dictionary

  1. complimentees
  2. complimenter
  3. complimenters
  4. complimenteth
  5. complimenting
  6. complimentingly
  7. compliments
  8. compliments of the house
  9. complin
  10. compline
  11. complines

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