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designingly

designingly adverb: with sinister designs; insidiously.

Adverb

designingly (comparative more designingly, superlative most designingly)

  1. With sinister designs; insidiously.
    • The vilest, most designingly wicked men our century knows.1886, Merrill Edwards Gates, Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners, volume 17

Forms of designingly

comparativemore designingly
superlativemost designingly

Origin of designingly

From designing + -ly.

Questions about designingly

What does designingly mean?
Designingly means with sinister designs; insidiously.
What part of speech is designingly?
Designingly is an adverb.

Words near designingly in the dictionary

  1. designeth
  2. designful
  3. designfully
  4. designfulness
  5. designing
  6. designingly
  7. designings
  8. designist
  9. designists
  10. designless
  11. designlessly

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