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tracingly

tracingly adverb: so as to trace something.

Adverb

tracingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to trace something.
    • Pilar […] ran her finger now absently but tracingly over the contours of her cheeks.1940, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Origin of tracingly

From tracing + -ly.

Questions about tracingly

What does tracingly mean?
Tracingly means so as to trace something.
What part of speech is tracingly?
Tracingly is an adverb.

Words near tracingly in the dictionary

  1. Tracies
  2. tracing
  3. tracing down
  4. tracing paper
  5. tracing papers
  6. tracingly
  7. tracings
  8. Tracinski
  9. Tracinskis
  10. track
  11. track and bowl system

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