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inhibitingly

inhibitingly adverb: so as to inhibit.

Adverb

inhibitingly (comparative more inhibitingly, superlative most inhibitingly)

  1. So as to inhibit.
    • Yet the script often feels as inhibitingly self-conscious as Ellis does as a host, suggesting a class writing assignment dutifully carried out by a precocious pupil who would rather be working on something else.2016 June 10, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois’ Revels in Unease”, in New York Times

Forms of inhibitingly

comparativemore inhibitingly
superlativemost inhibitingly

Origin of inhibitingly

From inhibiting + -ly.

Questions about inhibitingly

What does inhibitingly mean?
Inhibitingly means so as to inhibit.
What part of speech is inhibitingly?
Inhibitingly is an adverb.

Words near inhibitingly in the dictionary

  1. inhibiters
  2. inhibitible
  3. inhibiting
  4. inhibiting hormone
  5. inhibiting hormones
  6. inhibitingly
  7. inhibition
  8. inhibitionless
  9. inhibitions
  10. inhibitive
  11. inhibitively

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