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pausingly

pausingly adverb: with pauses; haltingly.

Adverb

pausingly (comparative more pausingly, superlative most pausingly)

  1. With pauses; haltingly.
    • This pausingly ensu'de1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...

Forms of pausingly

comparativemore pausingly
superlativemost pausingly

Origin of pausingly

From pausing + -ly.

Questions about pausingly

What does pausingly mean?
Pausingly means with pauses; haltingly.
What part of speech is pausingly?
Pausingly is an adverb.

Words near pausingly in the dictionary

  1. Pausha
  2. Paushali
  3. Pausic
  4. Pausics
  5. pausing
  6. pausingly
  7. pausings
  8. paussid
  9. paussids
  10. paussine
  11. paussines

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