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racingly

racingly adverb: in a racing manner; at high speed.

Adverb

racingly (comparative more racingly, superlative most racingly)

  1. In a racing manner; at high speed.
    • A car sped racingly past.
    • We watched a heart-racingly tense thriller.

Forms of racingly

comparativemore racingly
superlativemost racingly

Origin of racingly

From racing + -ly.

Questions about racingly

What does racingly mean?
Racingly means in a racing manner; at high speed.
What part of speech is racingly?
Racingly is an adverb.

Words near racingly in the dictionary

  1. racing stripes
  2. racing thoughts
  3. racing-car
  4. racing-cars
  5. racinglike
  6. racingly
  7. racings
  8. Racinian
  9. racino
  10. racinos
  11. racio-

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