Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the sense or manner of a participle; as a participle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the sense or manner of a participle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb grammar As a
participle ; in aparticipial manner.
Etymologies
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participial + -ly
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Examples
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Now the warped and twisted tongue began to chant past-participially: "I done!
The Poor Little Rich Girl Eleanor Gates 1913
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