preparingly en · ADV
Etymology
From preparing + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) By way of preparation; anticipatorily.
[…] prepare for the climax — it is reached ; to the platform's end he walks preparingly; muscles harden, and forehead-veins are full […]
1856, Henry Fowler, The American Pulpit, page 207:It was proved to us that in the Faculty meetings he would cast his vote in a given way, and then go to the students, and preparingly to keeping on friendly terms with them, would insinuate that he voted differently; […]
1858, Ira Wilder Allen, History of the Rise, Difficulties & Suspension of Antioch College, page 149: