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protestingly

protestingly adverb: unwillingly, with protests.

Adverb

protestingly (comparative more protestingly, superlative most protestingly)

  1. unwillingly, with protests

Forms of protestingly

comparativemore protestingly
superlativemost protestingly

Origin of protestingly

From protesting + -ly.

Questions about protestingly

What does protestingly mean?
Protestingly means unwillingly, with protests.
What part of speech is protestingly?
Protestingly is an adverb.

Words near protestingly in the dictionary

  1. protested too much
  2. protester
  3. protesters
  4. protesting
  5. protesting too much
  6. protestingly
  7. protestings
  8. protestive
  9. protestor
  10. protestors
  11. protests

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