Delayingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 So as to delay.
"And Annie could have wept for pity of him; And yet she held him on delayingly With many a scarce-believable excuse, Trying his truth and his long-sufferance, Till half-another year had slipt away."
Example
More examples"And Annie could have wept for pity of him; And yet she held him on delayingly With many a scarce-believable excuse, Trying his truth and his long-sufferance, Till half-another year had slipt away."
Etymology
From delaying + -ly.
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