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swindlingly en · ADV

Etymology

From swindling + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.
    • Shareholders would not meet the calls, and the break-up of many of the more swindlingly formed enterprises naturally ensued. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 171:

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more swindlingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most swindlingly Degree=Sup lexicographic