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gutteringly

gutteringly adverb: while flickering and about to be extinguished.

Adverb

gutteringly (not comparable)

  1. While flickering and about to be extinguished.
    • The candle flared gutteringly, lending a ghastly light to the dead man's features.

Origin of gutteringly

guttering + -ly

Questions about gutteringly

What does gutteringly mean?
Gutteringly means while flickering and about to be extinguished.
What part of speech is gutteringly?
Gutteringly is an adverb.

Words near gutteringly in the dictionary

  1. guttered out
  2. Gutteridge
  3. gutteries
  4. guttering
  5. guttering out
  6. gutteringly
  7. gutterings
  8. gutterless
  9. gutterlike
  10. gutterling
  11. gutterlings

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