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reddeningly en · ADV

Etymology

From reddening + -ly.

Meanings

1. While turning red.
   • Desdemona, instead of thus asserting her opinion, would have reddeningly and timidly inquired that of another, with which, when she had heard it, perhaps venturing to believe she agreed[…] 1838, The Metropolitan, volume 23, page 146:
   • The daemon wind died down, and the bloated, fungoid moon sank reddeningly in the west. 1921, H. P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City:
   • A blister of pus formed over it after a few days and when that popped I soaked my foot in skin-reddeningly hot water until the wound opened far enough for the sliver to sink from it and be gone. 2011, David Hancock, Jackalope Hunting, page 116:

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