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distancingly

distancingly adverb: so as to distance oneself.

Adverb

distancingly (comparative more distancingly, superlative most distancingly)

  1. So as to distance oneself.
    • “Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control.2007 August 5, Liesl Schillinger, “The Boy Next Door”, in New York Times

Forms of distancingly

comparativemore distancingly
superlativemost distancingly

Origin of distancingly

From distancing + -ly.

Questions about distancingly

What does distancingly mean?
Distancingly means so as to distance oneself.
What part of speech is distancingly?
Distancingly is an adverb.

Words near distancingly in the dictionary

  1. distances
  2. distanceth
  3. distancing
  4. distancing effect
  5. distancing effects
  6. distancingly
  7. distancings
  8. distancy
  9. distannide
  10. distannides
  11. distannoxane

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