Fishingly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments. not-comparable

    "Monk enquired fishingly whether Presbytery, to which he was well inclined on the whole, might not be thought somewhat rigid."

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"Monk enquired fishingly whether Presbytery, to which he was well inclined on the whole, might not be thought somewhat rigid."

Etymology

From fishing + -ly.

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