Moralizingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a moralizing fashion.

    "He sat himself down in an arbor, and looked moralizingly over the initials, the dates, and the witticisms, that hands, long since mouldering, have consigned to the admiration of posterity."

Example

More examples

"He sat himself down in an arbor, and looked moralizingly over the initials, the dates, and the witticisms, that hands, long since mouldering, have consigned to the admiration of posterity."

Etymology

From moralizing + -ly.

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