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rakingly

rakingly adverb: with a raking motion or pattern.

Adverb

rakingly (comparative more rakingly, superlative most rakingly)

  1. With a raking motion or pattern.

Forms of rakingly

comparativemore rakingly
superlativemost rakingly

Origin of rakingly

From raking + -ly.

Questions about rakingly

What does rakingly mean?
Rakingly means with a raking motion or pattern.
What part of speech is rakingly?
Rakingly is an adverb.

Words near rakingly in the dictionary

  1. raking over
  2. raking over old coals
  3. raking over the coals
  4. raking together
  5. raking up
  6. rakingly
  7. rakings
  8. rakis
  9. rakish
  10. rakishly
  11. rakishness

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