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drowningly

drowningly adverb: while, or as if, drowning.

Adverb

drowningly (comparative more drowningly, superlative most drowningly)

  1. While, or as if, drowning.

Forms of drowningly

comparativemore drowningly
superlativemost drowningly

Origin of drowningly

From drowning + -ly.

Questions about drowningly

What does drowningly mean?
Drowningly means while, or as if, drowning.
What part of speech is drowningly?
Drowningly is an adverb.

Words near drowningly in the dictionary

  1. drowning
  2. drowning chain
  3. drowning one's sorrows
  4. drowning out
  5. drowning the miller
  6. drowningly
  7. drownings
  8. drownproof
  9. drownproofed
  10. drownproofing
  11. drownproofs

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