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entanglingly

entanglingly adverb: so as to entangle.

Adverb

entanglingly (comparative more entanglingly, superlative most entanglingly)

  1. So as to entangle.
    • We may put the Exposition it self to the same Test, and judge by that, whether the Anonymus had reason to upbraid the Author of this Exposition with those rambling and general Terms in which (says he) he entanglingly wraps up the most difficult matters.1685, James Benigne Bossuet, An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholic Church in Matters of Controversie
    • The rest of the road presented still steeper pitches, deeper bogs, and more entanglingly strewn rocks.1884, Alfred Marshall Mayer, Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters

Forms of entanglingly

comparativemore entanglingly
superlativemost entanglingly

Origin of entanglingly

From entangling + -ly.

Questions about entanglingly

What does entanglingly mean?
Entanglingly means so as to entangle.
What part of speech is entanglingly?
Entanglingly is an adverb.

Words near entanglingly in the dictionary

  1. entangler
  2. entanglers
  3. entangles
  4. entanglest
  5. entangling
  6. entanglingly
  7. entanglings
  8. entanglon
  9. entanglons
  10. entases
  11. entasia

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