failingly en · ADV
Etymology
From failing + -ly.
Meanings
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In a failing manner.
I sketch the place of others, pinning them down with objective confidence within an institutional, urban, or rural landscape, yet only failingly, uncertainly, imagine where I really belong[…]
2007, Edward F. Mooney, On Søren Kierkegaard, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most failingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more failingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |