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digressingly

digressingly adverb: by way of digression.

Adverb

digressingly (not comparable)

  1. By way of digression.
    • A little digressingly, the entire problem of the mint area and the chronology of the Gajapati Pagoda series may be surveyed here in brief.1969, Journal of the Asiatic Society, volumes 11-14, page 167
    • Incidentally (and digressingly), the word “wreck” has a certain singular significance in mushing circles, if you've been around the game as long as I have.2013, Jim Lanier, Beyond Ophir

Origin of digressingly

From digressing + -ly.

Questions about digressingly

What does digressingly mean?
Digressingly means by way of digression.
What part of speech is digressingly?
Digressingly is an adverb.

Words near digressingly in the dictionary

  1. digressed
  2. digresses
  3. digressest
  4. digresseth
  5. digressing
  6. digressingly
  7. digression
  8. digressional
  9. digressionary
  10. digressions
  11. digressive

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