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shelvingly

shelvingly adverb: so as to slope steeply.

Adverb

shelvingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to slope steeply.

Origin of shelvingly

From shelving + -ly.

Questions about shelvingly

What does shelvingly mean?
Shelvingly means so as to slope steeply.
What part of speech is shelvingly?
Shelvingly is an adverb.

Words near shelvingly in the dictionary

  1. shelvesful
  2. shelveth
  3. Shelvey
  4. Shelvin
  5. shelving
  6. shelvingly
  7. shelvings
  8. Shelvins
  9. shelvy
  10. Shelwick
  11. Shelyak

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