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directingly

directingly adverb: so as to give direction.

Adverb

directingly (comparative more directingly, superlative most directingly)

  1. So as to give direction.
    • 'Lovey, Lovey, Queeby wanter come ter yer. Me wanter come ter yer,' waggling her black fingers directingly through the cracks.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 119

Forms of directingly

comparativemore directingly
superlativemost directingly

Questions about directingly

What does directingly mean?
Directingly means so as to give direction.
What part of speech is directingly?
Directingly is an adverb.

Words near directingly in the dictionary

  1. directers
  2. directest
  3. directeth
  4. directeur sportif
  5. directing
  6. directingly
  7. direction
  8. direction indicator
  9. direction indicators
  10. direction sign
  11. direction signs

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