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quailingly

quailingly adverb: fearfully; timidly.

Adverb

quailingly (comparative more quailingly, superlative most quailingly)

  1. fearfully; timidly

Forms of quailingly

comparativemore quailingly
superlativemost quailingly

Origin of quailingly

From quailing + -ly.

Questions about quailingly

What does quailingly mean?
Quailingly means fearfully; timidly.
What part of speech is quailingly?
Quailingly is an adverb.

Words near quailingly in the dictionary

  1. quailfinch
  2. quailfinches
  3. Quailgate
  4. quailies
  5. quailing
  6. quailingly
  7. quailings
  8. quailish
  9. quaillike
  10. quails
  11. quaily

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