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decayingly

decayingly adverb: in a decaying manner.

Adverb

decayingly (comparative more decayingly, superlative most decayingly)

  1. In a decaying manner.
    • Contrariwiſe, when the Spirit of God, with-draweth his beames from the circumference of Generation and Compoſition unto the center of ſimplicity, he leaveth to viſite the Spirit of the creature, and ſo it muſt fade, ad^([sic]) decayingly return unto the principle from whence it came; and from...1659, Robert Fludd, “The true Mystery of Generation and Corruption (also a touch of Re-generation or Resurrection) is, afer^([sic]) the doctrine of holy Scripture, herein Expressed”, in Mosaicall...
    • And yet, though the happiness may be unenduring, what heart, though seared by time and worldly care, can fail to sympathise with those emotions of early life? In after years there are none such. They are the high noon of earthly joy. After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy...[1877], [Daniel Shepherd], “Elective Affinities”, in Saratoga. An Indian Tale of Frontier Life. A True Story of 1787., Philadelphia, Pa.: T[heophilus] B[easley] Peterson and Brothers; […], →OCLC...

Examples of decayingly in a sentence

  • After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy sunset.[1877], [Daniel Shepherd], “Elective Affinities”, in Saratoga. An Indian Tale of Frontier Life. A True Story of 1787., Philadelphia, Pa....
  • Ordinary bodies, living vulnerably and decayingly in time, are poised unstably between these two conditions: the atomised and the flattened.2011, Steven Connor, “Cards”, in Paraphernalia: The Curious Lives of Magical Things, London: Profile Books, →ISBN, page 49:

Forms of decayingly

comparativemore decayingly
superlativemost decayingly

Origin of decayingly

From decaying + -ly.

Questions about decayingly

What does decayingly mean?
Decayingly means in a decaying manner.
How do you use decayingly in a sentence?
After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy sunset.
What part of speech is decayingly?
Decayingly is an adverb.

Words near decayingly in the dictionary

  1. decayedness
  2. decayer
  3. decayers
  4. decayeth
  5. decaying
  6. decayingly
  7. decayings
  8. decayless
  9. decaylessness
  10. decays
  11. DECC

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