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well-wishing

well-wishing adjective: extending good wishes. Also the present participle and gerund of well-wish.

Adjective

well-wishing (comparative more well-wishing, superlative most well-wishing)

  1. Extending good wishes.
    • When he arrived home, he was already expected by his well-wishing neighbours.

Noun

well-wishing (plural well-wishings)

  1. An act of extending good wishs to someone else.

Also used as

well-wishing is also the present participle and gerund of well-wish.

Forms of well-wishing

Adjective
comparativemore well-wishing
superlativemost well-wishing
Noun
pluralwell-wishings

Questions about well-wishing

What does well-wishing mean?
Well-wishing means extending good wishes.
What part of speech is well-wishing?
Well-wishing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near well-wishing in the dictionary

  1. well-wish
  2. well-wished
  3. well-wisher
  4. well-wishers
  5. well-wishes
  6. well-wishing
  7. well-wishings
  8. well-wooded
  9. well-worn
  10. welladay
  11. welladays

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