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rubbingly

rubbingly adverb: so as to rub; with a rubbing action or motion.

Adverb

rubbingly (comparative more rubbingly, superlative most rubbingly)

  1. So as to rub; with a rubbing action or motion.

Forms of rubbingly

comparativemore rubbingly
superlativemost rubbingly

Origin of rubbingly

From rubbing + -ly.

Questions about rubbingly

What does rubbingly mean?
Rubbingly means so as to rub; with a rubbing action or motion.
What part of speech is rubbingly?
Rubbingly is an adverb.

Words near rubbingly in the dictionary

  1. rubbing the fear of God into
  2. rubbing up
  3. rubbing up against
  4. rubbing up on
  5. rubbing up the wrong way
  6. rubbingly
  7. rubbings
  8. rubbingstone
  9. rubbish
  10. rubbish bag
  11. rubbish bags

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