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observingly

observingly adverb: attentively, observantly.

Adverb

observingly (comparative more observingly, superlative most observingly)

  1. Attentively, observantly.
    • There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly diſtill it out.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • As Goethe had observingly read, a Frankfurt police ordinance of the fifteenth-century forbade fallen women to wear jewelry, silk, satin, or damask, and denied them the use of a pew in church.1989, Philip G. Hill, Our Dramatic Heritage: Volume 4, page 149

Forms of observingly

comparativemore observingly
superlativemost observingly

Origin of observingly

From observing + -ly.

Questions about observingly

What does observingly mean?
Observingly means attentively, observantly.
What part of speech is observingly?
Observingly is an adverb.

Words near observingly in the dictionary

  1. observes
  2. observest
  3. observeth
  4. observin'
  5. observing
  6. observingly
  7. observings
  8. obsesh
  9. obseshes
  10. obsess
  11. obsessed

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