Eavesdroppingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to eavesdrop. not-comparable, rare

    ""When you get us a car," she said, at the same time sticking a dollar and change into the beggar's cup that was our only passage into the eavesdroppingly perfect world of the cabbie."

Example

More examples

""When you get us a car," she said, at the same time sticking a dollar and change into the beggar's cup that was our only passage into the eavesdroppingly perfect world of the cabbie."

Etymology

From eavesdropping + -ly.

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