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handwringingly

handwringingly adverb: in a handwringing manner.

Adverb

handwringingly (comparative more handwringingly, superlative most handwringingly)

  1. In a handwringing manner.
    • J. M. Ludlow, a contemporary of Dickens, is handwringingly anxious about the possibility of good society's de-evolution in the face of a working-class “flood”: […]2010, Lara Baker Whelan, Class, Culture and Suburban Anxieties in the Victorian Era, Routledge, →ISBN

Forms of handwringingly

comparativemore handwringingly
superlativemost handwringingly
alternative formhand-wringingly

Origin of handwringingly

From handwringing + -ly.

Questions about handwringingly

What does handwringingly mean?
Handwringingly means in a handwringing manner.
What part of speech is handwringingly?
Handwringingly is an adverb.

Words near handwringingly in the dictionary

  1. handworks
  2. handwoven
  3. handwringer
  4. handwringers
  5. handwringing
  6. handwringingly
  7. handwringings
  8. handwrit
  9. handwrite
  10. handwrites
  11. handwriting

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