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peltingly

peltingly adverb: so as to pelt or bombard.

Adverb

peltingly (comparative more peltingly, superlative most peltingly)

  1. So as to pelt or bombard.
    • The rain fell peltingly for days.

Forms of peltingly

comparativemore peltingly
superlativemost peltingly

Origin of peltingly

From pelting + -ly.

Questions about peltingly

What does peltingly mean?
Peltingly means so as to pelt or bombard.
What part of speech is peltingly?
Peltingly is an adverb.

Words near peltingly in the dictionary

  1. Peltier's cross
  2. peltiform
  3. peltinerved
  4. pelting
  5. pelting down
  6. peltingly
  7. peltings
  8. peltless
  9. peltmonger
  10. peltmongers
  11. Pelto

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