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eavesdroppingly

eavesdroppingly adverb: so as to eavesdrop.

Adverb

eavesdroppingly (not comparable)

  1. (rare) So as to eavesdrop.
    • "When you get us a car," she said, at the same time sticking a dollar and change into the beggar's cup that was our only passage into the eavesdroppingly perfect world of the cabbie.1980, Jasper Evian, Father daughter

Origin of eavesdroppingly

From eavesdropping + -ly.

Questions about eavesdroppingly

What does eavesdroppingly mean?
Eavesdroppingly means so as to eavesdrop.
What part of speech is eavesdroppingly?
Eavesdroppingly is an adverb.

Words near eavesdroppingly in the dictionary

  1. eavesdrop
  2. eavesdropped
  3. eavesdropper
  4. eavesdroppers
  5. eavesdropping
  6. eavesdroppingly
  7. eavesdroppings
  8. eavesdrops
  9. eavesread
  10. eavesreading
  11. eavesreads

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