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dreadingly

dreadingly adverb: with dread.

Adverb

dreadingly (comparative more dreadingly, superlative most dreadingly)

  1. With dread.
    • Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare.1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XXXIII.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC...

Forms of dreadingly

comparativemore dreadingly
superlativemost dreadingly

Origin of dreadingly

From dreading + -ly.

Questions about dreadingly

What does dreadingly mean?
Dreadingly means with dread.
What part of speech is dreadingly?
Dreadingly is an adverb.

Words near dreadingly in the dictionary

  1. dreadhead
  2. dreadheads
  3. dreadiest
  4. dreadily
  5. dreading
  6. dreadingly
  7. dreadless
  8. dreadlessly
  9. dreadlessness
  10. dreadlock
  11. dreadlocked

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