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gawpingly

gawpingly adverb: with a gawping expression, as of incredulity.

Adverb

gawpingly (comparative more gawpingly, superlative most gawpingly)

  1. With a gawping expression, as of incredulity.
    • A big black car flashed through the Main Street, causing passersby to swivel gawpingly around.1991, John Waters, Jiving at the crossroads

Forms of gawpingly

comparativemore gawpingly
superlativemost gawpingly

Origin of gawpingly

From gawping + -ly.

Questions about gawpingly

What does gawpingly mean?
Gawpingly means with a gawping expression, as of incredulity.
What part of speech is gawpingly?
Gawpingly is an adverb.

Words near gawpingly in the dictionary

  1. gawp
  2. gawped
  3. gawper
  4. gawpers
  5. gawping
  6. gawpingly
  7. gawpings
  8. gawps
  9. gawpus
  10. gawpuses
  11. GAWR

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