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moralisingly

moralisingly is the alternative form of moralizingly.

Meaning of moralizingly

Adverb

moralizingly (comparative more moralizingly, superlative most moralizingly)

  1. In a moralizing fashion.
    • He sat himself down in an arbor, and looked moralizingly over the initials, the dates, and the witticisms, that hands, long since mouldering, have consigned to the admiration of posterity.1840, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, The Flower Basket; Or, A Selection of Interesting Stories, page 79

Forms of moralisingly

comparativemore moralisingly
superlativemost moralisingly

Origin of moralisingly

From moralising + -ly.

Questions about moralisingly

What is moralisingly the alternative form of?
Moralisingly is the alternative form of moralizingly.

Words near moralisingly in the dictionary

  1. moralised
  2. moraliser
  3. moralisers
  4. moralises
  5. moralising
  6. moralisingly
  7. moralisings
  8. moralism
  9. moralisms
  10. moralist
  11. moralistic

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