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recoilingly

recoilingly adverb: so as to recoil or shrink back.

Adverb

recoilingly (comparative more recoilingly, superlative most recoilingly)

  1. So as to recoil or shrink back.
    • That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly […]1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years

Forms of recoilingly

comparativemore recoilingly
superlativemost recoilingly

Origin of recoilingly

From recoiling + -ly.

Questions about recoilingly

What does recoilingly mean?
Recoilingly means so as to recoil or shrink back.
What part of speech is recoilingly?
Recoilingly is an adverb.

Words near recoilingly in the dictionary

  1. recoil starts
  2. recoiled
  3. recoiler
  4. recoilers
  5. recoiling
  6. recoilingly
  7. recoilings
  8. recoilless
  9. recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence
  10. recoilless rifle
  11. recoilless rifles

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