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hissingly

hissingly adverb: while hissing; in a hissing fashion.

Adverb

hissingly (comparative more hissingly, superlative most hissingly)

  1. While hissing; in a hissing fashion
    • He lingered hissingly over the word.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 27, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus

Forms of hissingly

comparativemore hissingly
superlativemost hissingly

Origin of hissingly

From hissing + -ly.

Questions about hissingly

What does hissingly mean?
Hissingly means while hissing; in a hissing fashion.
What part of speech is hissingly?
Hissingly is an adverb.

Words near hissingly in the dictionary

  1. hissing
  2. hissing adder
  3. hissing cockroach
  4. hissing cockroaches
  5. hissing hot
  6. hissingly
  7. hissings
  8. Hissong
  9. Hissongs
  10. Hissrich
  11. hissy

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