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forestallingly en · ADV

Etymology

From forestalling + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a forestalling manner
   • He utters his groan, anticipatingly, and forestallingly, and in love. 1870, James Morison, Commentary on the Gospel according to Matthew, page 579:
   • Don't count on it, Olivia! (Forestallingly) I got your letter! 1956, Enid Bagnold, The Chalk Garden: A Play:
   • Now he began to feel that in him, the thews of a Titan were forestallingly cut by the scissors of Fate. 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:

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