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distinguishingly

distinguishingly adverb: with distinction; with some mark of preference.

Adverb

distinguishingly (comparative more distinguishingly, superlative most distinguishingly)

  1. With distinction; with some mark of preference.
    • January 13, 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Joseph Addison
      the heads of that party have been distinguishingly favourable to me

Forms of distinguishingly

comparativemore distinguishingly
superlativemost distinguishingly

Origin of distinguishingly

From distinguishing + -ly.

Questions about distinguishingly

What does distinguishingly mean?
Distinguishingly means with distinction; with some mark of preference.
What part of speech is distinguishingly?
Distinguishingly is an adverb.

Words near distinguishingly in the dictionary

  1. distinguishers
  2. distinguishes
  3. distinguishest
  4. distinguisheth
  5. distinguishing
  6. distinguishingly
  7. distinguishings
  8. distinguishment
  9. distinguishments
  10. distinguishness
  11. distinguisht

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