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slicingly

slicingly adverb: so as to slice; with a slicing motion.

Adverb

slicingly (comparative more slicingly, superlative most slicingly)

  1. So as to slice; with a slicing motion.
    • The golfer swung his club slicingly through the air.

Forms of slicingly

comparativemore slicingly
superlativemost slicingly

Origin of slicingly

From slicing + -ly.

Questions about slicingly

What does slicingly mean?
Slicingly means so as to slice; with a slicing motion.
What part of speech is slicingly?
Slicingly is an adverb.

Words near slicingly in the dictionary

  1. slicing and dicing
  2. slicing cucumber
  3. slicing cucumbers
  4. slicing the pie
  5. slicing up
  6. slicingly
  7. slicings
  8. slick
  9. slick as a whistle
  10. slick as snot
  11. slick back

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