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swindlingly

swindlingly adverb: in a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.

Adverb

swindlingly (comparative more swindlingly, superlative most swindlingly)

  1. In a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.
    • Shareholders would not meet the calls, and the break-up of many of the more swindlingly formed enterprises naturally ensued.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 171

Forms of swindlingly

comparativemore swindlingly
superlativemost swindlingly

Origin of swindlingly

From swindling + -ly.

Questions about swindlingly

What does swindlingly mean?
Swindlingly means in a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.
What part of speech is swindlingly?
Swindlingly is an adverb.

Words near swindlingly in the dictionary

  1. swindlers
  2. swindlership
  3. swindlery
  4. swindles
  5. swindling
  6. swindlingly
  7. swindlings
  8. Swindon
  9. Swindonian
  10. Swindonians
  11. swine

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