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intoningly

intoningly adverb: with marked intonation.

Adverb

intoningly (comparative more intoningly, superlative most intoningly)

  1. With marked intonation.
    • Even the Quakers, although they allow not music, yet preach intoningly, in a singsong way. Music is the natural outlet of devotion.1887, George Dana Boardman, Divine Man from the Nativity to the Temptation

Forms of intoningly

comparativemore intoningly
superlativemost intoningly

Origin of intoningly

From intoning + -ly.

Questions about intoningly

What does intoningly mean?
Intoningly means with marked intonation.
What part of speech is intoningly?
Intoningly is an adverb.

Words near intoningly in the dictionary

  1. intoner
  2. intoners
  3. intones
  4. intoneth
  5. intoning
  6. intoningly
  7. intonings
  8. intook
  9. intoplicine
  10. intore
  11. intorsion

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