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daubingly

daubingly adverb: so as to daub or paint carelessly.

Adverb

daubingly (comparative more daubingly, superlative most daubingly)

  1. So as to daub or paint carelessly.
    • Be ever ready to flatter, not grossly or daubingly, as with a heavy trowel, but delicately, with slight shades, as with a finely pointed camel's hair brush whose fine strokes are almost imperceptible.1849, John Keese, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Nathaniel Parker Willis, The Opal: A Pure Gift for the Holy Days (page 217)

Forms of daubingly

comparativemore daubingly
superlativemost daubingly

Origin of daubingly

From daubing + -ly.

Questions about daubingly

What does daubingly mean?
Daubingly means so as to daub or paint carelessly.
What part of speech is daubingly?
Daubingly is an adverb.

Words near daubingly in the dictionary

  1. daubest
  2. daubeth
  3. Daubhill
  4. daubiest
  5. daubing
  6. daubingly
  7. daubings
  8. daubreeite
  9. daubreelite
  10. daubreelites
  11. daubréeite

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