Greetingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    By way of greeting. not-comparable

    "Their barking was only an alarm: the moment that they were spoken to, they retired, or came towards us greetingly and kindly."

Example

More examples

"Their barking was only an alarm: the moment that they were spoken to, they retired, or came towards us greetingly and kindly."

Etymology

From greeting + -ly.

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