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propitiatorily

propitiatorily adverb: by way of propitiation; atoningly.

Adverb

propitiatorily (comparative more propitiatorily, superlative most propitiatorily)

  1. By way of propitiation; atoningly

Forms of propitiatorily

comparativemore propitiatorily
superlativemost propitiatorily

Origin of propitiatorily

From propitiatory + -ly.

Questions about propitiatorily

What does propitiatorily mean?
Propitiatorily means by way of propitiation; atoningly.
What part of speech is propitiatorily?
Propitiatorily is an adverb.

Words near propitiatorily in the dictionary

  1. propitiatingly
  2. propitiation
  3. propitiations
  4. propitiative
  5. propitiator
  6. propitiatorily
  7. propitiators
  8. propitiatory
  9. propitious
  10. propitiously
  11. propitiousness

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