shruggingly en · ADV
Etymology
From shrugging + -ly.
Meanings
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With a shrugging gesture.
But the young girl discards it, displeased by its scent, and the rose is tossed to the ground and hardly noticed by the student as he shruggingly steps over the nightingale’s body.
2007 June 11, Jennifer Dunning, “The Night Christopher Wheeldon Met Oscar Wilde”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most shruggingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more shruggingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |