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simmeringly

simmeringly adverb: so as to simmer.

Adverb

simmeringly (comparative more simmeringly, superlative most simmeringly)

  1. So as to simmer.
    • This meant that the quieter, more compliant African Caribbean child was perceived as subnormal or simmeringly hostile when the more competitive, garrulous behaviour which typified British children was taken as the normative standard.1999, Chris Chaloner, Michael Coffey, Forensic mental health nursing: current approaches, page 127

Forms of simmeringly

comparativemore simmeringly
superlativemost simmeringly

Origin of simmeringly

From simmering + -ly.

Questions about simmeringly

What does simmeringly mean?
Simmeringly means so as to simmer.
What part of speech is simmeringly?
Simmeringly is an adverb.

Words near simmeringly in the dictionary

  1. simmerers
  2. simmereth
  3. simmering
  4. simmering down
  5. simmering up
  6. simmeringly
  7. simmerings
  8. Simmerman
  9. Simmermans
  10. simmers
  11. simmers down

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