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reddeningly

reddeningly adverb: while turning red.

Adverb

reddeningly (comparative more reddeningly, superlative most reddeningly)

  1. While turning red.
    • Desdemona, instead of thus asserting her opinion, would have reddeningly and timidly inquired that of another, with which, when she had heard it, perhaps venturing to believe she agreed[…]1838, The Metropolitan, volume 23, page 146
    • The daemon wind died down, and the bloated, fungoid moon sank reddeningly in the west.1921, H. P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

Forms of reddeningly

comparativemore reddeningly
superlativemost reddeningly

Origin of reddeningly

From reddening + -ly.

Questions about reddeningly

What does reddeningly mean?
Reddeningly means while turning red.
What part of speech is reddeningly?
Reddeningly is an adverb.

Words near reddeningly in the dictionary

  1. reddener
  2. reddeners
  3. reddenest
  4. reddeneth
  5. reddening
  6. reddeningly
  7. reddenings
  8. reddens
  9. redder
  10. Redders
  11. reddest

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