Distancingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to distance oneself.

    "“Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control."

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"“Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control."

Etymology

From distancing + -ly.

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