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edifyingly

edifyingly adverb: in such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.

Adverb

edifyingly (comparative more edifyingly, superlative most edifyingly)

  1. In such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.
    • They hung the man from the Adler. […] Down he fell, hands and feet extended, until with a jerk he was at the end of the rope. Then he ought to have died and swung edifyingly, but instead a more terrible thing happened; his head came right off, and down the body went.1908, H. G. Wells, The War in the Air

Forms of edifyingly

comparativemore edifyingly
superlativemost edifyingly

Origin of edifyingly

From edifying + -ly.

Questions about edifyingly

What does edifyingly mean?
Edifyingly means in such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.
What part of speech is edifyingly?
Edifyingly is an adverb.

Words near edifyingly in the dictionary

  1. edifies
  2. edifiest
  3. edifieth
  4. edify
  5. edifying
  6. edifyingly
  7. edifyingness
  8. edifyings
  9. Edige
  10. Ediger
  11. Edigers

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