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rottingly

rottingly adverb: in a rotting manner.

Adverb

rottingly (comparative more rottingly, superlative most rottingly)

  1. In a rotting manner.
    • The yellow leaf lies rottingly / Round a mansion’s trellised door; / Its lord hath that deep sunken eye, / Nought now can e’er restore; […]1846, Andrew MᶜEwen, “The Sorrow-stricken”, in Zayda, and Other Poems, Belfast: […] Lamont, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 130
    • No, my dear boy, make yourself easy. They dare not lay a finger on me. As far as local unrest is concerned, there is no fear but that I shall be spared to die stupidly, rottingly, of old age in my bed.1916, Lucas Malet (Mrs. Mary St. Leger Harrison), “The Land of Regrets”, in Damaris: A Novel, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 175

Forms of rottingly

comparativemore rottingly
superlativemost rottingly

Origin of rottingly

From rotting + -ly.

Questions about rottingly

What does rottingly mean?
Rottingly means in a rotting manner.
What part of speech is rottingly?
Rottingly is an adverb.

Words near rottingly in the dictionary

  1. rotting off
  2. rotting through
  3. Rottingdean
  4. Rottinghaus
  5. Rottinghauses
  6. rottingly
  7. rottingness
  8. rottings
  9. rottis
  10. rottle
  11. rottlera

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