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delvings

/ˈdɛlvɪŋz/

delvings is the plural of delving.

Meaning of delving

Noun

delving (countable and uncountable, plural delvings)

  1. The act of one who delves.
    • The purpose of my visit, and the frightful abnormalities it postulated struck at me all at once with a chill sensation that nearly over-balanced my ardour for strange delvings.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness

Questions about delvings

What is delvings the plural of?
Delvings is the plural of delving.
How do you pronounce delvings?
Delvings is pronounced /ˈdɛlvɪŋz/.

Words near delvings in the dictionary

  1. delvest
  2. delveth
  3. Delvey
  4. Delvile
  5. delving
  6. delvings
  7. Dely
  8. Delyankir
  9. delycate
  10. Delysid
  11. Delzell

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