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retaliatingly

retaliatingly adverb: in retaliation.

Adverb

retaliatingly (not comparable)

  1. In retaliation.

Origin of retaliatingly

From retaliating + -ly.

Questions about retaliatingly

What does retaliatingly mean?
Retaliatingly means in retaliation.
What part of speech is retaliatingly?
Retaliatingly is an adverb.

Words near retaliatingly in the dictionary

  1. retaliate
  2. retaliated
  3. retaliates
  4. retaliateth
  5. retaliating
  6. retaliatingly
  7. retaliation
  8. retaliationism
  9. retaliationist
  10. retaliationists
  11. retaliations

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