Rottingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rotting manner.

    "The yellow leaf lies rottingly / Round a mansion’s trellised door; / Its lord hath that deep sunken eye, / Nought now can e’er restore; […]"

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"The yellow leaf lies rottingly / Round a mansion’s trellised door; / Its lord hath that deep sunken eye, / Nought now can e’er restore; […]"

Etymology

From rotting + -ly.

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