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startingly

startingly adverb: by sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.

Adverb

startingly (comparative more startingly, superlative most startingly)

  1. By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
    • VVhy do you ſpeake ſo ſtartingly and raſhly.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...

Forms of startingly

comparativemore startingly
superlativemost startingly

Origin of startingly

From starting + -ly.

Questions about startingly

What does startingly mean?
Startingly means by sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
What part of speech is startingly?
Startingly is an adverb.

Words near startingly in the dictionary

  1. starting up
  2. starting up on
  3. starting with a clean sheet
  4. starting with a clean sheet of paper
  5. starting with a clean slate
  6. startingly
  7. startings
  8. startish
  9. startle
  10. startle reflex
  11. startle reflexes

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