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fadingly

fadingly adverb: in a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.

Adverb

fadingly (comparative more fadingly, superlative most fadingly)

  1. In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
    • No church for her, then; and, as if in answer to their spiteful request, goose-coloured clouds began to gather in the west. However, across one cloud the end of a rainbow trailed fadingly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 156

Forms of fadingly

comparativemore fadingly
superlativemost fadingly

Questions about fadingly

What does fadingly mean?
Fadingly means in a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
What part of speech is fadingly?
Fadingly is an adverb.

Words near fadingly in the dictionary

  1. fading in
  2. fading out
  3. fading time
  4. fading times
  5. fading to black
  6. fadingly
  7. fadingness
  8. fadings
  9. fadish
  10. fadista
  11. fadistas

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