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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blinking +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Though only blinkingly, he could now look Gletkin in the face.

    Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

  • His pale, watercolor eyes were smooth reflecting pools, blinkingly turning from face to face.

    THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010

  • 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

  • As the two men spoke, the girl studied them both un-blinkingly.

    Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990

  • The fox's yellow eyes stared un - l blinkingly at him.

    A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988

  • Her eyes were rounded and blinkingly innocent of any deliberate provocation.

    Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986

  • Her eyes were rounded and blinkingly innocent of any deliberate provocation.

    Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986

  • 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.

    Drolls From Shadowland

  • Though only blinkingly, he could now look Gletkin in the face.

    Darkness At Noon Koestler, Arthur, 1905- 1940

  • We leaped up and stared blinkingly into the north.

    The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

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