nudgingly en · ADV
Etymology
From nudging + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With, or as if with, a nudge.
In only his second interview as a somewhat reluctant pop star in the late 70s, a man from the Mirror in a reassuringly dirty mac nudgingly begs: “Tell us about the girls.”
2015 November 16, David Hepworth, “This week’s best radio: Chris Evans, a master at work”, in The Guardian: