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confessingly

confessingly adverb: so as to confess; by way of confession.

Adverb

confessingly (comparative more confessingly, superlative most confessingly)

  1. So as to confess; by way of confession.

Forms of confessingly

comparativemore confessingly
superlativemost confessingly

Origin of confessingly

From confessing + -ly.

Questions about confessingly

What does confessingly mean?
Confessingly means so as to confess; by way of confession.
What part of speech is confessingly?
Confessingly is an adverb.

Words near confessingly in the dictionary

  1. confesseth
  2. confessing
  3. Confessing Church
  4. confessing Sam
  5. confessing Sams
  6. confessingly
  7. confessings
  8. confessio
  9. confessio amantis
  10. confession
  11. confession booth

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