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policingly

policingly adverb: in a policing manner; in a way that polices.

Adverb

policingly (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) In a policing manner; in a way that polices.
    • […] usually means passing plenty of pills in paper cups, and not just one. Why I have known psychiatrists - who have protectingly, politely and policingly pressured/prescribed 25 pills per day for the psychiatric "patient"/substitute person ...1972, Leonard Roy Frank, Sherry Hirsch, Wade Lee Hudson, Madness Network News Volume #1, MNN Redux, page 29
    • I asked him if it was necessary and he said yes and he rather policingly escorted me out the front door and into the back of a waiting patrol car.2012 May 7, Dan Clore, “Drug Warriors Jail Injured Woman for "Forging" a Legimate Prescription”, in soc.rights.human (Usenet)

Examples of policingly in a sentence

  • The insistence upon silence within these stilled spaces, as perhaps within a Quaker chapel, is such as to impose (self-policingly) its own unexamined […]2014, Clark Lunberry, Sites of Performance: Of Time and Memory, Anthem Press, →ISBN, page 110:
  • This has led fandom to ask whether the use of “Mary Sue” is self-policingly sexist; after all, mainstream genre stories regularly feature special teenage boys who save the world.2017, Francesca Coppa, The Fanfiction Reader: Folk Tales for the Digital Age, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 47:

Origin of policingly

From policing + -ly.

Questions about policingly

What does policingly mean?
Policingly means in a policing manner; in a way that polices.
How do you use policingly in a sentence?
The insistence upon silence within these stilled spaces, as perhaps within a Quaker chapel, is such as to impose (self-policingly) its own unexamined […]
What part of speech is policingly?
Policingly is an adverb.

Words near policingly in the dictionary

  1. policify
  2. policifying
  3. policing
  4. policing one's brass
  5. policing up
  6. policingly
  7. policings
  8. policism
  9. policlinic
  10. policlinical
  11. policlinics

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