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dawdlingly

dawdlingly adverb: in a dawdling manner.

Adverb

dawdlingly (comparative more dawdlingly, superlative most dawdlingly)

  1. In a dawdling manner.

Forms of dawdlingly

comparativemore dawdlingly
superlativemost dawdlingly

Origin of dawdlingly

From dawdling + -ly.

Questions about dawdlingly

What does dawdlingly mean?
Dawdlingly means in a dawdling manner.
What part of speech is dawdlingly?
Dawdlingly is an adverb.

Words near dawdlingly in the dictionary

  1. dawdles
  2. dawdlesome
  3. dawdlest
  4. dawdleth
  5. dawdling
  6. dawdlingly
  7. dawdlings
  8. Dawdon
  9. dawds
  10. Dawdy
  11. Dawdys

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