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shelteringly

shelteringly adverb: so as to provide shelter.

Adverb

shelteringly (not comparable)

  1. So as to provide shelter.
    • Then, turning to the child by his side, whose eyes heavy with slumber looked up mutely and met his own, he placed his arm shelteringly about the small form and drew it to him as the eyes closed in reposeful slumber.1912, Stuart Kencarden, A Mother of Unborn Generations, page 214

Origin of shelteringly

From sheltering + -ly.

Questions about shelteringly

What does shelteringly mean?
Shelteringly means so as to provide shelter.
What part of speech is shelteringly?
Shelteringly is an adverb.

Words near shelteringly in the dictionary

  1. shelterers
  2. shelterin
  3. sheltering
  4. sheltering in place
  5. sheltering-in-place
  6. shelteringly
  7. shelterings
  8. shelterins
  9. shelterless
  10. shelterlessness
  11. sheltermate

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