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testingly

testingly adverb: in a tentative and experimental manner.

Adverb

testingly (comparative more testingly, superlative most testingly)

  1. In a tentative and experimental manner.
    • I have lived as a spoiled child and you have lived as an exposed child, and now those children are looking testingly at each other.1994, Ingmar Bergman, Joan Tate, The Best Intentions
    • At the same time she lifts her left leg testingly in a kind of skip or dance step, before exiting quietly stage right.1997, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Jo Riley, The show and the gaze of theatre: a European perspective
  2. In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc.
    • ...whether the exercises took place in recognized military training areas or in territory testingly unfamiliar to the troops.2005, Thom Burnett, Conspiracy Encyclopedia

Forms of testingly

comparativemore testingly
superlativemost testingly

Origin of testingly

From testing + -ly.

Questions about testingly

What does testingly mean?
Testingly means in a tentative and experimental manner.
What part of speech is testingly?
Testingly is an adverb.

Words near testingly in the dictionary

  1. testing someone's patience
  2. testing testing
  3. testing the water
  4. testing the waters
  5. testing, testing
  6. testingly
  7. testings
  8. testiole
  9. testioles
  10. testiphonies
  11. testiphony

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