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splinteringly

splinteringly adverb: so as to splinter.

Adverb

splinteringly (comparative more splinteringly, superlative most splinteringly)

  1. So as to splinter.
    • When the door finally, splinteringly gave way, he stumbled clear across the room beyond, fetched up against an instrument console, recovered his balance, and gaped.1963, Poul Anderson, Industrial Revolution

Forms of splinteringly

comparativemore splinteringly
superlativemost splinteringly

Origin of splinteringly

From splintering + -ly.

Questions about splinteringly

What does splinteringly mean?
Splinteringly means so as to splinter.
What part of speech is splinteringly?
Splinteringly is an adverb.

Words near splinteringly in the dictionary

  1. splintered
  2. splintered up
  3. splinteriness
  4. splintering
  5. splintering up
  6. splinteringly
  7. splinterings
  8. splinterization
  9. splinterizations
  10. splinterize
  11. splinterized

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