conjecturingly
conjecturingly adverb: in a conjecturing manner.
Adverb
conjecturingly (comparative more conjecturingly, superlative most conjecturingly)
- In a conjecturing manner.
- Hercules. [Conjecturingly.] Thy father at least, if he be gone, is indeed full-of-years![…]Hercules. [Conjecturingly and with interrogation.] Has he not told me of some disaster there is?1824, T. W. C. Edwards, Ευριπιδου Αλκηστις. The Alcestis of Euripides, Literally Translated into English Prose; from the Text of Monk: with the Ooriginal Greek, the Metres, the Order, and English...
- Then lost in anguish, as he homeward went, / O’er gate and stile conjecturingly he bent, / Making resolves, as soon as he could find / A chance renew’d, to boldly speak his mind, / Deeply repenting over what was past, / To be so foolish as let slip the last.1827, John Clare, “Jockey and Jenny; or, The Progress of Love”, in The Shepherd’s Calendar: With Village Stories, and Other Poems, London: […] for John Taylor, […] by James Duncan, […], page 128
Examples of conjecturingly in a sentence
- Hastings might have found some room in their hearts to think pityingly, yet conjecturingly of what it was that made them each so rapt in their own thoughts.1852, Miss Pennefather, chapter X, in Helen Talbot, volume III, London: Colburn and Co., page 170:
- Neale, in his talks with Larry and Slingerland, had dwelt long and conjecturingly upon what life was going to be in the construction camps.1918, Zane Grey, chapter IX, in The U. P. Trail, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, page 98:
- The wizard gazed at him conjecturingly, as if he were a riddle on some dusty parchment.1979, Patricia A. McKillip, Riddle of Stars, Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., page 434:
Forms of conjecturingly
| comparative | more conjecturingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most conjecturingly |
Origin of conjecturingly
From conjecturing + -ly.
Questions about conjecturingly
- What does conjecturingly mean?
- Conjecturingly means in a conjecturing manner.
- How do you use conjecturingly in a sentence?
- Hastings might have found some room in their hearts to think pityingly, yet conjecturingly of what it was that made them each so rapt in their own thoughts.
- What part of speech is conjecturingly?
- Conjecturingly is an adverb.
Words near conjecturingly in the dictionary
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