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wailingly

wailingly adverb: with a wailing sound.

Adverb

wailingly (comparative more wailingly, superlative most wailingly)

  1. With a wailing sound.

Forms of wailingly

comparativemore wailingly
superlativemost wailingly

Origin of wailingly

From wailing + -ly.

Questions about wailingly

What does wailingly mean?
Wailingly means with a wailing sound.
What part of speech is wailingly?
Wailingly is an adverb.

Words near wailingly in the dictionary

  1. wailiest
  2. wailin'
  3. wailing
  4. wailing on
  5. Wailing Wall
  6. wailingly
  7. wailings
  8. wailment
  9. wailments
  10. wailo
  11. wails

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