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nudgingly

nudgingly adverb: with, or as if with, a nudge.

Adverb

nudgingly (not comparable)

  1. With, or as if with, a nudge.
    • In only his second interview as a somewhat reluctant pop star in the late 70s, a man from the Mirror in a reassuringly dirty mac nudgingly begs: “Tell us about the girls.”2015 November 16, David Hepworth, “This week’s best radio: Chris Evans, a master at work”, in The Guardian

Origin of nudgingly

From nudging + -ly.

Questions about nudgingly

What does nudgingly mean?
Nudgingly means with, or as if with, a nudge.
What part of speech is nudgingly?
Nudgingly is an adverb.

Words near nudgingly in the dictionary

  1. nudges ahead
  2. nudges out
  3. nudging
  4. nudging ahead
  5. nudging out
  6. nudgingly
  7. nudgings
  8. nudgy
  9. nudi
  10. nudibranch
  11. nudibranchian

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