Invokingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to invoke.

    "But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah."

Example

More examples

"But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah."

Etymology

From invoking + -ly.

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