Moralizingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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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