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investigatingly

investigatingly adverb: so as to investigate.

Adverb

investigatingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to investigate.
    • After waving the candle to and fro several times, investigatingly, the door was closed.1908, Frank Allaben, John Watts de Peyster, volume 1, page 161

Origin of investigatingly

From investigating + -ly.

Questions about investigatingly

What does investigatingly mean?
Investigatingly means so as to investigate.
What part of speech is investigatingly?
Investigatingly is an adverb.

Words near investigatingly in the dictionary

  1. investigated
  2. investigates
  3. investigatest
  4. investigatin'
  5. investigating
  6. investigatingly
  7. investigation
  8. investigational
  9. investigationally
  10. investigations
  11. investigative

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