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ravingly

ravingly adverb: so as to rave; madly; in an insane way.

Adverb

ravingly (comparative more ravingly, superlative most ravingly)

  1. So as to rave; madly; in an insane way.
    • The conjugal companion of Mr Verloc had suddenly become ravingly, murderingly insane.2007, Geoffrey N. Leech, Mick Short, Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose

Forms of ravingly

comparativemore ravingly
superlativemost ravingly

Origin of ravingly

From raving + -ly.

Questions about ravingly

What does ravingly mean?
Ravingly means so as to rave; madly; in an insane way.
What part of speech is ravingly?
Ravingly is an adverb.

Words near ravingly in the dictionary

  1. ravines
  2. ravinest
  3. ravineth
  4. raviney
  5. raving
  6. ravingly
  7. ravings
  8. ravining
  9. ravining down
  10. ravinous
  11. ravins

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