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passingly

passingly adverb: synonym of in passing.

Adverb

passingly (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of in passing.
    • I'm only passingly familiar with Schopenhauer: I haven't read many of his works.
    Synonyms:
    in passing

Synonyms of passingly

Origin of passingly

From passing + -ly.

Questions about passingly

What does passingly mean?
Passingly means synonym of in passing.
What part of speech is passingly?
Passingly is an adverb.

Words near passingly in the dictionary

  1. passing up like a white chip
  2. passing urine
  3. passing wind
  4. passing-bell
  5. passing-bells
  6. passingly
  7. passingness
  8. passings
  9. Passino
  10. Passinos
  11. passion

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