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usurpingly

usurpingly adverb: so as to usurp.

Adverb

usurpingly (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) So as to usurp.
    • The fever’d diadem on my brow
      I claim’d and won usurpingly ——
      Hath not the same fierce heirdom given
      Rome to the Caesar — this to me?1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

Origin of usurpingly

From usurp + -ing + -ly.

Questions about usurpingly

What does usurpingly mean?
Usurpingly means so as to usurp.
What part of speech is usurpingly?
Usurpingly is an adverb.

Words near usurpingly in the dictionary

  1. usurper
  2. usurpers
  3. usurpership
  4. usurpeth
  5. usurping
  6. usurpingly
  7. usurpings
  8. usurpious
  9. usurpment
  10. usurpments
  11. usurpor

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