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savingly

savingly adverb: so as to save; with frugality or parsimony.

Adverb

savingly (comparative more savingly, superlative most savingly)

  1. So as to save; with frugality or parsimony.
  2. So as to save (e.g. from sin/hell/eternal death)
    • But this Itch in spite of Morals will be catching, and the beginning natural pleasure will often urge the smartful end, especially in the precipitant Youth, who scarcely sufficiently dread the Fire till they have been savingly burnt.1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discurse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica, page 112
    • savingly born of water and the Spirit1738, Daniel Waterland, The Christian sacrifice explained

Forms of savingly

comparativemore savingly
superlativemost savingly

Origin of savingly

From saving + -ly.

Questions about savingly

What does savingly mean?
Savingly means so as to save; with frugality or parsimony.
What part of speech is savingly?
Savingly is an adverb.

Words near savingly in the dictionary

  1. saving up
  2. saving versus
  3. saving vs.
  4. saving your presence
  5. saving your reverence
  6. savingly
  7. savingness
  8. savingram
  9. savingrams
  10. savings
  11. savings account

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