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crowingly

crowingly adverb: so as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.

Adverb

crowingly (comparative more crowingly, superlative most crowingly)

  1. So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
    • Wicked Atreus crowingly congratulates himself on his cruel revenge […]1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Thyestes", Act V., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 135.

Synonyms of crowingly

Forms of crowingly

comparativemore crowingly
superlativemost crowingly

Origin of crowingly

From crowing + -ly.

Questions about crowingly

What does crowingly mean?
Crowingly means so as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
What part of speech is crowingly?
Crowingly is an adverb.

Words near crowingly in the dictionary

  1. crowhopping
  2. crowhops
  3. Crowhurst
  4. crowing
  5. crowing over
  6. crowingly
  7. crowings
  8. crowkeeper
  9. crowkeepers
  10. crowl
  11. Crowland

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