Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a blinking or winking manner; evasively.
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- adverb While
blinking , or as if blinking
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though only blinkingly, he could now look Gletkin in the face.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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His pale, watercolor eyes were smooth reflecting pools, blinkingly turning from face to face.
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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By the way, how can you rant about taste and aesthetics on a webpage as horrifically cluttered and blinkingly atrocious as Townhall.com?
George Will is still ranting a rant that has been ranted for 50 years. Ann Althouse 2009
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As the two men spoke, the girl studied them both un-blinkingly.
Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990
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The fox's yellow eyes stared un - l blinkingly at him.
A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988
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Her eyes were rounded and blinkingly innocent of any deliberate provocation.
Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986
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Her eyes were rounded and blinkingly innocent of any deliberate provocation.
Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986
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The sleepless hum of the city was abidingly in his ears, and the lamps that dotted the misty pavements stared at him blinkingly all along the route.
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Though only blinkingly, he could now look Gletkin in the face.
Darkness At Noon Koestler, Arthur, 1905- 1940
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We leaped up and stared blinkingly into the north.
The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927
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