Avertedly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an averted manner; turned away.

    "[…] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner."

Example

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"[…] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner."

Etymology

From averted + -ly.

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