Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a meaning manner; significantly; with intention: as, to look at a person meaningly.

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  • adverb With an implied meaning; with significance; meaningfully.

Etymologies

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From meaning +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • You gave Joe money to have the landlady's testimony agree with his; she never got that money, "meaningly," but gave the desired evidence.

    Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham

  • "By-the-by," meaningly, "when you find yourself in the village, Davlin, it might not be amiss to show yourself at the inn."

    Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Lawrence L. Lynch

  • But, "-- meaningly --" if you were to stow yourself away in the eyes of the gig it is just possible that the captain might not notice you until we had got too far from the ship to turn back.

    A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886

  • If you don't, "-- meaningly --" you and I'll have some old scores to settle. "

    Bessie Bradford's Prize 1875

  • A “law” which cannot be meaningly enforced may still exist “De Jure”, but has already been “de facto” repealed.

    French 3 strikes law up again on April 29 2009

  • “Have you never thought of setting up house?” she murmured meaningly.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • After the revelations of Ben Trafford's past track record and including his level of honesty and truthfulness in business dealing, his criminal record for fraud and deceit and deceitful business practices, his swindling of employees and investors and handing out bad checks, I can't regard his comments here as either benignly or well-meaningly fomented.

    Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it 2010

  • Which of these methods does more lasting harm, the malignly blunt or the well-meaningly insidious?

    'Rhymes With Fagin' 2010

  • How do dumb people fall for this meaningly pandoring??

    Clinton draws parallel between her campaign, JFK's 1960 run 2008

  • A “law” which cannot be meaningly enforced may still exist “De Jure”, but has already been “de facto” repealed.

    French 3 strikes law up again on April 29 2009

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