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huggingly

huggingly adverb: so as to hug or hold tightly.

Adverb

huggingly (comparative more huggingly, superlative most huggingly)

  1. So as to hug or hold tightly.

Forms of huggingly

comparativemore huggingly
superlativemost huggingly

Origin of huggingly

From hugging + -ly.

Questions about huggingly

What does huggingly mean?
Huggingly means so as to hug or hold tightly.
What part of speech is huggingly?
Huggingly is an adverb.

Words near huggingly in the dictionary

  1. huggin'
  2. hugginess
  3. hugging
  4. hugging it out
  5. hugging oneself
  6. huggingly
  7. huggings
  8. Huggins
  9. huggle
  10. huggled
  11. huggledy-piggledy

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