Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

preparingly en · ADV

Etymology

From preparing + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (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: