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open-endedly

open-endedly adverb: in an open-ended manner; indefinitely; freely.

Adverb

open-endedly (comparative more open-endedly, superlative most open-endedly)

  1. In an open-ended manner; indefinitely; freely.
    • It’s a huge all-encompassing environmental force, determining the lives of everyone, open-endedly.2013, John Lancaster, “When did you get hooked?”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7

Forms of open-endedly

comparativemore open-endedly
superlativemost open-endedly

Origin of open-endedly

From open-ended + -ly.

Questions about open-endedly

What does open-endedly mean?
Open-endedly means in an open-ended manner; indefinitely; freely.
What part of speech is open-endedly?
Open-endedly is an adverb.

Words near open-endedly in the dictionary

  1. open-ended
  2. open-ended contract
  3. open-ended contracts
  4. open-ended question
  5. open-ended questions
  6. open-endedly
  7. open-endedness
  8. open-ender
  9. open-eyed
  10. open-face
  11. open-faced

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