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fightingly

fightingly adverb: so as to fight, like a fight; ferociously.

Adverb

fightingly (comparative more fightingly, superlative most fightingly)

  1. So as to fight, like a fight; ferociously
    • He was only a vague old man who had made a muddle of life, but firmly and fightingly he was sure of that.1918, Constance Holme, Beautiful End

Synonyms of fightingly

Forms of fightingly

comparativemore fightingly
superlativemost fightingly

Origin of fightingly

From fighting + -ly.

Questions about fightingly

What does fightingly mean?
Fightingly means so as to fight, like a fight; ferociously.
What part of speech is fightingly?
Fightingly is an adverb.

Words near fightingly in the dictionary

  1. fighting windmills
  2. fighting word
  3. fighting words
  4. fighting-fit
  5. fightingest
  6. fightingly
  7. fightings
  8. fightless
  9. fightress
  10. fightresses
  11. fights

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