counteringly
counteringly adverb: in a manner that counters someone or something.
Adverb
counteringly (comparative more counteringly, superlative most counteringly)
- In a manner that counters someone or something.
- Round 3. Both men came up cautiously and sparred for wind. Morris landed on the other man’s jaw, Hornbacher counteringly heavily on the body.1887 March 12, “Eight Savage Rounds”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 12, number 292, St. Louis, Mo., page 7, column 3
- PSYCHOLOGY TESTS which may determine whether you get or keep a job in today’s computerized employment market are counteringly termed an essential hiring tool and an invasion of privacy.1968 September 29, “Inside Today’s Journal-Courier”, in Jacksonville Daily Journal in Combination with The Jacksonville Courier, volume 16, number 39, Jacksonville, Ill., page 1, column 6
Examples of counteringly in a sentence
- He heard the mewling moans of passion coming from the throats of both women, and counteringly there were also the more muted sounds of moistly moving tongues and lips.1980, Ruth Allison, chapter 10, in The Love Goddess, Encino, Calif.: World-Wide Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 170:
- But one can, I libertarianly hope, also counteringly learn.1993 winter, Kingsley Widmer, “Anarchist Aesthetics: A Few Notes Towards a Libertarian View of the Arts”, in Anarchy: A Journal of Desire...
- His patience with her extended itself deftly, counteringly, before any move she thought to make.1997, Elizabeth Tallent, “Listen to Reason”, in The Good Housekeeping Short Story Collection, London: Arrow Books Limited, Random House UK...
- Nathaniel agrees, but, counteringly, invokes the music of Ironwood, the jazz and blues of the ‘wounded … blind bard warrior’ as offering black spiritual harmonizations amid all the disorder.1998, A. Robert Lee, “Equilibrium Out of Their Chaos: Black Modernism, Black Postmodernism and Leon Forrest’s Witherspoon-Bloodworth...
Forms of counteringly
| comparative | more counteringly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most counteringly |
Origin of counteringly
From countering + -ly.
Questions about counteringly
- What does counteringly mean?
- Counteringly means in a manner that counters someone or something.
- How do you use counteringly in a sentence?
- He heard the mewling moans of passion coming from the throats of both women, and counteringly there were also the more muted sounds of moistly moving tongues and lips.
- What part of speech is counteringly?
- Counteringly is an adverb.
Words near counteringly in the dictionary
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