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recognizingly

recognizingly adverb: so as to recognize; showing recognition.

Adverb

recognizingly (comparative more recognizingly, superlative most recognizingly)

  1. So as to recognize; showing recognition.
    • […] and it is himself who looks out recognizingly at himself, just as the so interestingly painted image looks out recognizingly at him.1950, Lionel Charles Knights, Frank Raymond Leavis, Scrutiny, volume 17, page 27

Forms of recognizingly

comparativemore recognizingly
superlativemost recognizingly

Origin of recognizingly

From recognizing + -ly.

Questions about recognizingly

What does recognizingly mean?
Recognizingly means so as to recognize; showing recognition.
What part of speech is recognizingly?
Recognizingly is an adverb.

Words near recognizingly in the dictionary

  1. recognizer
  2. recognizers
  3. recognizes
  4. recognizin'
  5. recognizing
  6. recognizingly
  7. recognizition
  8. recognizitions
  9. recognizor
  10. recognizors
  11. recognosce

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