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piningly

piningly adverb: while pining; sorrowfully.

Adverb

piningly (comparative more piningly, superlative most piningly)

  1. While pining; sorrowfully.

Forms of piningly

comparativemore piningly
superlativemost piningly

Origin of piningly

From pining + -ly.

Questions about piningly

What does piningly mean?
Piningly means while pining; sorrowfully.
What part of speech is piningly?
Piningly is an adverb.

Words near piningly in the dictionary

  1. Pininfarina
  2. pining
  3. pining away
  4. pining stool
  5. pining stools
  6. piningly
  7. pinings
  8. pinion
  9. pinion wire
  10. pinion wires
  11. pinioned

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