sacrificingly
sacrificingly adverb: in a sacrificing manner.
Adverb
sacrificingly (comparative more sacrificingly, superlative most sacrificingly)
- In a sacrificing manner.
- During the tedious lawsuit of 1895 and 1896, which threatened to involve the means her husband had left for the maintenance of the university, she sacrificingly used her personal means to help over until the suit was gained.1897, “STANFORD, Mrs. Jane Lathrop”, in Frances E[lizabeth] Willard, Mary A[shton] Livermore, editors, American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with over 1,400 Portraits: […], revised edition...
- Hon. Lloyd C[arpenter] Griscom said, on being introduced, it was not his intention to make a formal speech, but to give expression to his appreciation of [Women’s Union] Mission work, and especially woman’s work, for the home life of the people for whom they so sacrificingly laboured.1904 December 3, “Dedication of the Doremus Hall”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Review of Japanese Commerce, Politics, Literature, and Art, volume XLII, number 23, Yokohama, →OCLC, page 620, column 2
Examples of sacrificingly in a sentence
- O’Brien tames a horse, his objective, saves the ranch and gets the girl while Kelly, sacrificingly, rides off.1935 January 26, “G.” [pseudonym], “Motion Picture Daily’s Hollywood Preview: ‘When a Man’s a Man’”, in Martin Quigley, editor, Motion...
- This limits the long-term impact of these lay ministers internal to the Church they sacrificingly serve.1989, Leonard Doohan, “[Ministering in Church Structures] Reflections”, in Grass Roots Pastors: A Handbook for Career Lay Ministers, San...
- That war could be launched into because men and women light-mindedly – often unselfishly, I give you, sacrificingly – believed that war was permissible, controllable, sometimes right; […]1989, Sybille Bedford, “Part IV: Anchorage: France”, in Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education: A Biographical Novel, London: Hamish Hamilton...
- I sacrificingly give the caller five minutes to babble, cursing and resenting every second.2000, Helen Gurley Brown, “Calling You at Work”, in I’m Wild Again: Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts, New York, N.Y.: St....
Forms of sacrificingly
| comparative | more sacrificingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sacrificingly |
Origin of sacrificingly
From sacrificing + -ly.
Questions about sacrificingly
- What does sacrificingly mean?
- Sacrificingly means in a sacrificing manner.
- How do you use sacrificingly in a sentence?
- O’Brien tames a horse, his objective, saves the ranch and gets the girl while Kelly, sacrificingly, rides off.
- What part of speech is sacrificingly?
- Sacrificingly is an adverb.
Words near sacrificingly in the dictionary
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