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trappingly

trappingly adverb: so as to trap someone or something.

Adverb

trappingly (not comparable)

  1. (rare) So as to trap someone or something.
    • Walls waited for him cunningly within the square blotch of darkness which the dormer's casement framed; if he passed himself within the casement the frame would enlarge into walls about him, trappingly, […]1906, Sir James Henry Yoxall, Beyond the Wall, page 11

Origin of trappingly

From trapping + -ly.

Questions about trappingly

What does trappingly mean?
Trappingly means so as to trap someone or something.
What part of speech is trappingly?
Trappingly is an adverb.

Words near trappingly in the dictionary

  1. trappin'
  2. trappiness
  3. trapping
  4. trapping in
  5. trapping out
  6. trappingly
  7. trappings
  8. trappins
  9. Trappist
  10. Trappist cheese
  11. Trappist cheeses

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