Recoilingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 So as to recoil or shrink back.
"1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly […]"
Example
More examples"1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly […]"
Etymology
From recoiling + -ly.
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