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compromisingly

compromisingly adverb: in a compromising manner.

Adverb

compromisingly (comparative more compromisingly, superlative most compromisingly)

  1. In a compromising manner.
    • These productions show unconscious people being drawn on with Sharpies, smothered in shaving cream, posed compromisingly and otherwise humiliated — all for the amusement of the Internet.2008 February 10, Virginia Heffernan, “In Vino Veritas”, in New York Times

Forms of compromisingly

comparativemore compromisingly
superlativemost compromisingly

Origin of compromisingly

From compromising + -ly.

Questions about compromisingly

What does compromisingly mean?
Compromisingly means in a compromising manner.
What part of speech is compromisingly?
Compromisingly is an adverb.

Words near compromisingly in the dictionary

  1. compromisers
  2. compromises
  3. compromises to a permanent end
  4. compromising
  5. compromising to a permanent end
  6. compromisingly
  7. compromisings
  8. compromissary
  9. compromission
  10. compromissions
  11. compromissorial

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