Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a temporizing manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a temporizing or yielding manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
temporizing oryielding manner.
Etymologies
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temporizing + -ly
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Examples
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"Well, you better wait," she admonished temporizingly.
Lonesome Land B. M. Bower 1905
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