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listingly

listingly adverb: with a list or tilt.

Adverb

listingly (comparative more listingly, superlative most listingly)

  1. With a list or tilt.
    • […]she rolled listingly in a heavy sea. Poston and his men wondered whether they would ever see land again.1961, Alfred William Gressinger, Charles D. Poston: Sunland Seer, page 8
    • He bowed and wished Audra a pleasant good night, heading jauntily, if a little listingly, toward the door, completely unaffected by her refusal of him.1984, Eleanor Hodgson, Norah Parker, Wild Splendid Love, page 256

Forms of listingly

comparativemore listingly
superlativemost listingly

Origin of listingly

From listing + -ly.

Questions about listingly

What does listingly mean?
Listingly means with a list or tilt.
What part of speech is listingly?
Listingly is an adverb.

Words near listingly in the dictionary

  1. listicle
  2. listicles
  3. listing
  4. Listing number
  5. Listing numbers
  6. listingly
  7. listings
  8. listless
  9. listlessly
  10. listlessness
  11. listlessnesses

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