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askingly en · ADV

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Etymology

From Middle English askingli, axingly, equivalent to asking + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an asking manner; so as to ask.
   • “That can’t possibly be true,” I say. But he looks at me so sadly, askingly, across his desk— 1983, Joyce Johnson, chapter 9, in Minor Characters, New York: Pocket Books, published 1984, page 150:
   • “I don’t know whether this is something your wife ever knew about or not?” he began askingly. 1890, William Dean Howells, The Shadow of a Dream, New York: Harper, Part 2, Chapter 2, p. 87:
   • How askingly It’s footsteps t’ward me bend? It seems to say, “And have I then one Friend?” 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “To a Young Ass”, in Poems on Various Subjects, London: G.G. and J. Robinsons, page 92:
   • Aspiration is looking askingly; to reach a desirable result one must look askingly toward that which can fulfill. 1916, Arthur Adolphus Lindsay, Scientific Man Building Through Thought Force, Detroit: A. A. Lindsay Publishing Company, page 12:

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Synonyms

requestingly · questioningly