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inspectingly

inspectingly adverb: with inspection; looking closely.

Adverb

inspectingly (comparative more inspectingly, superlative most inspectingly)

  1. With inspection; looking closely.
    • He observed his companion place his hand in one of the beds which trembled, and look inspectingly around.1841, Frederick William Thomas, Howard Pinckney, page 123

Forms of inspectingly

comparativemore inspectingly
superlativemost inspectingly

Origin of inspectingly

From inspecting + -ly.

Questions about inspectingly

What does inspectingly mean?
Inspectingly means with inspection; looking closely.
What part of speech is inspectingly?
Inspectingly is an adverb.

Words near inspectingly in the dictionary

  1. inspectees
  2. inspecter
  3. inspecters
  4. inspecting
  5. inspecting the plumbing
  6. inspectingly
  7. inspectings
  8. inspection
  9. inspection pit
  10. inspection pits
  11. inspectional

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