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trailingly

trailingly adverb: in a way that trails.

Adverb

trailingly (comparative more trailingly, superlative most trailingly)

  1. In a way that trails.
    • The woman's long dress went trailingly through the mud.

Forms of trailingly

comparativemore trailingly
superlativemost trailingly

Origin of trailingly

From trailing + -ly.

Questions about trailingly

What does trailingly mean?
Trailingly means in a way that trails.
What part of speech is trailingly?
Trailingly is an adverb.

Words near trailingly in the dictionary

  1. trailing springs
  2. trailing truck
  3. trailing trucks
  4. trailing wheel
  5. trailing wheels
  6. trailingly
  7. trailings
  8. Traill
  9. Traill County
  10. Traill's flycatcher
  11. trailless

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