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pretendingly

pretendingly adverb: so as to pretend.

Adverb

pretendingly (comparative more pretendingly, superlative most pretendingly)

  1. So as to pretend.
    • The disagreement starts with the species capable of pretend play, which necessarily entails disagreement over what the minds involved do in order to play pretendingly, and when.2013, Radu J. Bogdan, Mindvaults: Sociocultural Grounds for Pretending and Imagining
  2. As if by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.
    • I have a particular Reason to look a little pretendingly at present; therefore I hope you will excuse it1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects

Forms of pretendingly

comparativemore pretendingly
superlativemost pretendingly

Origin of pretendingly

From pretending + -ly.

Questions about pretendingly

What does pretendingly mean?
Pretendingly means so as to pretend.
What part of speech is pretendingly?
Pretendingly is an adverb.

Words near pretendingly in the dictionary

  1. pretendian
  2. pretendianism
  3. pretendians
  4. pretendin'
  5. pretending
  6. pretendingly
  7. pretendingness
  8. pretendings
  9. Pretendolino
  10. pretendress
  11. pretendresses

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