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grazingly

grazingly adverb: so as to graze, or brush closely against.

Adverb

grazingly (comparative more grazingly, superlative most grazingly)

  1. So as to graze, or brush closely against.
    • The big mongrel, in agony, snarled and made a lunge at his irritatingly dancing tormentor. His teeth dug grazingly into the terrier's withers; and, with an impatient toss, he flung the little beast to one side.1922, Albert Payson Terhune, Further Adventures of Lad

Forms of grazingly

comparativemore grazingly
superlativemost grazingly

Origin of grazingly

From grazing + -ly.

Questions about grazingly

What does grazingly mean?
Grazingly means so as to graze, or brush closely against.
What part of speech is grazingly?
Grazingly is an adverb.

Words near grazingly in the dictionary

  1. graziers
  2. graziery
  3. grazin'
  4. grazing
  5. grazing fire
  6. grazingly
  7. grazings
  8. grazioso
  9. grazoprevir
  10. Graïba
  11. Gračišće

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