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refiningly

refiningly adverb: so as to refine.

Adverb

refiningly (not comparable)

  1. So as to refine.
    • Though in many natural objects, whiteness refiningly enhances beauty, as if imparting some special virtue of its own, as in marbles, japonicas, and pearls; […]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin of refiningly

From refining + -ly.

Questions about refiningly

What does refiningly mean?
Refiningly means so as to refine.
What part of speech is refiningly?
Refiningly is an adverb.

Words near refiningly in the dictionary

  1. refinger
  2. refingered
  3. refingering
  4. refingers
  5. refining
  6. refiningly
  7. refinings
  8. refinish
  9. refinished
  10. refinisher
  11. refinishers

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