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scanningly

scanningly adverb: so as to scan or examine closely.

Adverb

scanningly (not comparable)

  1. So as to scan or examine closely.
    • Jacob looked up into his face scanningly for a moment or two, and apparently arriving at his conclusions, said gravely— […]1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda

Origin of scanningly

From scanning + -ly.

Questions about scanningly

What does scanningly mean?
Scanningly means so as to scan or examine closely.
What part of speech is scanningly?
Scanningly is an adverb.

Words near scanningly in the dictionary

  1. scanning electron microscopy
  2. scanning transmission electron microscope
  3. scanning transmission electron microscopes
  4. scanning tunneling microscope
  5. scanning tunneling microscopes
  6. scanningly
  7. scannings
  8. scanno
  9. scannography
  10. scannos
  11. scano

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