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cryingly

cryingly adverb: while crying; with tears.

Adverb

cryingly (comparative more cryingly, superlative most cryingly)

  1. While crying; with tears.
  2. (figuratively) In a way that desperately demands attention.
    • […] a state of things cryingly calling for immediate and sweeping reforms […]1858, The anti-slavery reporter, page 113

Forms of cryingly

comparativemore cryingly
superlativemost cryingly

Origin of cryingly

From crying + -ly.

Questions about cryingly

What does cryingly mean?
Cryingly means while crying; with tears.
What part of speech is cryingly?
Cryingly is an adverb.

Words near cryingly in the dictionary

  1. crying stinking fish
  2. crying the blues
  3. crying uncle
  4. crying up
  5. crying wolf
  6. cryingly
  7. cryings
  8. crykonisine
  9. Crymelon
  10. Crymes
  11. Crymeses

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