shelteringly en · ADV
Etymology
From sheltering + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) So as to provide shelter.
Then, turning to the child by his side, whose eyes heavy with slumber looked up mutely and met his own, he placed his arm shelteringly about the small form and drew it to him as the eyes closed in reposeful slumber.
1912, Stuart Kencarden, A Mother of Unborn Generations, page 214: