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edgingly

edgingly adverb: while edging; with short, timid steps.

Adverb

edgingly (not comparable)

  1. While edging; with short, timid steps.
    • I backed edgingly out of the darkened room.

Origin of edgingly

From edging + -ly.

Questions about edgingly

What does edgingly mean?
Edgingly means while edging; with short, timid steps.
What part of speech is edgingly?
Edgingly is an adverb.

Words near edgingly in the dictionary

  1. edginesses
  2. edging
  3. edging in
  4. edging out
  5. edging up
  6. edgingly
  7. edgings
  8. Edgington
  9. Edgingtons
  10. Edgins
  11. Edginswell

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