Definitions
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- adverb So as to
prolong orlengthen .
Etymologies
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prolonging + -ly
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Examples
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'Avast, 'cried Ahab --' touch not a rope-yarn '; then in a voice that prolongingly moulded every word --' Captain Gardiner, I will not do it.
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“Avast,” cried Ahab — “touch not a rope-yarn”; then in a voice that prolongingly moulded every word — “Captain Gardiner, I will not do it.
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"Avast," cried Ahab -- "touch not a rope-yarn"; then in a voice that prolongingly moulded every word -- "Captain Gardiner, I will not do it.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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"Avast," cried Ahab -- "touch not a rope-yarn"; then in a voice that prolongingly moulded every word -- "Captain Gardiner, I will not do it.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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