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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

restingly en · ADV

Etymology

From resting + -ly.

Meanings

  1. While, or as if, resting; restfully.
    • Work is all drugery^([sic]), degradation, irksomeness, slavery, bondage, unless we can do it restingly, that is, in a quiet, content, noisless^([sic]), loving, trusting spirit […] 1882, Stephen Jenner, Grain from the granary, sermons, page 73:

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most restingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more restingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic