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leaningly

leaningly adverb: with a leaning motion or posture.

Adverb

leaningly (comparative more leaningly, superlative most leaningly)

  1. With a leaning motion or posture.
    • Form a stratum of peats upon all the ground, setting them leaningly on end with an inclination toward the stake or centre[…]1851, John Marius Wilson, The Rural Cyclopedia, volume 3, page 785

Forms of leaningly

comparativemore leaningly
superlativemost leaningly

Origin of leaningly

From leaning + -ly.

Questions about leaningly

What does leaningly mean?
Leaningly means with a leaning motion or posture.
What part of speech is leaningly?
Leaningly is an adverb.

Words near leaningly in the dictionary

  1. leaning toothpick syndrome
  2. leaning towards
  3. Leaning Tower
  4. leaning tower illusion
  5. Leaning Tower of Pisa
  6. leaningly
  7. leanings
  8. leanish
  9. leanly
  10. Leann
  11. Leanna

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