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wearingly

wearingly adverb: in a wearing (tiring) manner.

Adverb

wearingly (comparative more wearingly, superlative most wearingly)

  1. In a wearing (tiring) manner
    • Though their leading ladies are of different sexes, “Sister Act” and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” are remarkably (and wearingly) similar.2009 July 8, Ben Brantley, “London’s Musicals: Intimate or Outsize”, in New York Times

Forms of wearingly

comparativemore wearingly
superlativemost wearingly

Origin of wearingly

From wearing + -ly.

Questions about wearingly

What does wearingly mean?
Wearingly means in a wearing (tiring) manner.
What part of speech is wearingly?
Wearingly is an adverb.

Words near wearingly in the dictionary

  1. wearing thin
  2. wearing through
  3. wearing too many hats
  4. wearing up
  5. wearing yellow stockings
  6. wearingly
  7. wearings
  8. wearish
  9. wearishness
  10. wearisom
  11. wearisome

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