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cooingly en · ADV

Etymology

From cooing + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a cooing way.
   • Unlike Mr. Daniels, Ms. Harden had previously encountered Mr. Gandolfini, whom she almost cooingly described as soulful. 2009 March 22, Deborah Sontag, “The Alpha Males of ‘Carnage’”, in New York Times:
   • "Ruperet," she said, cooingly, "Ruperet, you must be very, very careful." 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 376:

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