loomingly
loomingly adverb: so as to loom.
Adverb
loomingly (comparative more loomingly, superlative most loomingly)
- So as to loom.
- (It seems to me now, many years later, that I was expressing early on a chronic depressive’s wish to stay home, on the inside, instead of taking on the outside, loomingly hostile world in the form of classmates and teachers.)2009 May 10, Daphne Merkin, “A Journey Through Darkness”, in New York Times
Forms of loomingly
| comparative | more loomingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most loomingly |
Origin of loomingly
From looming + -ly.
Questions about loomingly
- What does loomingly mean?
- Loomingly means so as to loom.
- What part of speech is loomingly?
- Loomingly is an adverb.
Words near loomingly in the dictionary
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