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envelopingly

envelopingly adverb: so as to envelop.

Adverb

envelopingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to envelop.
    • In the scene below, the key enigma is the woman in the middle, who has pulled her clothing envelopingly around herself.2007, Oliver Taplin, Pots & Plays: Interactions Between Tragedy and Greek Vase-Painting of the Fourth Century B.C.

Origin of envelopingly

From enveloping + -ly.

Questions about envelopingly

What does envelopingly mean?
Envelopingly means so as to envelop.
What part of speech is envelopingly?
Envelopingly is an adverb.

Words near envelopingly in the dictionary

  1. envelopers
  2. envelopes
  3. envelopest
  4. envelopeth
  5. enveloping
  6. envelopingly
  7. envelopment
  8. envelopments
  9. envelops
  10. envenime
  11. envenimed

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