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relentingly

relentingly adverb: with relentment.

Adverb

relentingly (comparative more relentingly, superlative most relentingly)

  1. With relentment.
    • The lady in the mirror gazed at the lady in the room, reproachfully at first, then — for were they not sisters? — relentingly, then pityingly.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Forms of relentingly

comparativemore relentingly
superlativemost relentingly

Origin of relentingly

From relenting + -ly.

Questions about relentingly

What does relentingly mean?
Relentingly means with relentment.
What part of speech is relentingly?
Relentingly is an adverb.

Words near relentingly in the dictionary

  1. relentest
  2. relenteth
  3. relentful
  4. relentfully
  5. relenting
  6. relentingly
  7. relentings
  8. relentless
  9. relentlessly
  10. relentlessness
  11. relentment

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