Recedingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    While receding or moving away.

    "Evan has fooled around with Rebecca, a senator’s daughter and, thus by virtue of her lineage, one of his girlfriend’s prized pledges at Zeta Beta Zeta, a sorority not for the inadequately shaven or recedingly ambitious."

Example

More examples

"Evan has fooled around with Rebecca, a senator’s daughter and, thus by virtue of her lineage, one of his girlfriend’s prized pledges at Zeta Beta Zeta, a sorority not for the inadequately shaven or recedingly ambitious."

Etymology

From receding + -ly.

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