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promptingly

promptingly adverb: so as to prompt; as if giving somebody a cue to do something.

Adverb

promptingly (comparative more promptingly, superlative most promptingly)

  1. So as to prompt; as if giving somebody a cue to do something.
    • "There's something we've been meaning to tell you," I began, and looked promptingly at the others.

Forms of promptingly

comparativemore promptingly
superlativemost promptingly

Origin of promptingly

From prompting + -ly.

Questions about promptingly

What does promptingly mean?
Promptingly means so as to prompt; as if giving somebody a cue to do something.
What part of speech is promptingly?
Promptingly is an adverb.

Words near promptingly in the dictionary

  1. prompter
  2. prompter's box
  3. prompters
  4. promptest
  5. prompting
  6. promptingly
  7. promptings
  8. promptish
  9. promptitude
  10. promptitudes
  11. promptive

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