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disposingly

disposingly adverb: so as to dispose of something.

Adverb

disposingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to dispose of something.
    • […] it is the duty of pastors to exhort their people to perform these works, because, if they be rightly done, they bring with them from the divine benignity and promise, forgiveness of sins, in some mode, whether disposingly or instrumentally.1850, William Forbes, Considerationes modestæ et pacificæ controversiarum de justificatione, purgatorio, invocatione sanctorum et Christo Mediatore
    • 1910?, Marion Hill, Harmony Hall
      This blot she removed upon her finger and then rubbed disposingly into her velvet fillet.

Origin of disposingly

From disposing + -ly.

Questions about disposingly

What does disposingly mean?
Disposingly means so as to dispose of something.
What part of speech is disposingly?
Disposingly is an adverb.

Words near disposingly in the dictionary

  1. disposest
  2. disposeth
  3. disposible
  4. disposing
  5. disposing of
  6. disposingly
  7. disposings
  8. disposit
  9. disposited
  10. dispositif
  11. dispositifs

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