Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a wondering manner; with wonder: as, to gaze wonderingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a wondering manner.
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- adverb In a
wondering manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a curious and questioning manner
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Examples
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Anthony Crawford sat on one side of Cousin Jasper, Tom Brighton on the other, while the three younger members of the party watched them wonderingly from the other end of the table.
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Then she went away hurriedly, though Roger called wonderingly and in a hurt fashion after her.
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You mean, "wonderingly," that somebody _learnt_ you to ride horseback? "
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I come away from the story with a feeling of having wonderingly approached something real, but not grasped.
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Foreigners sitting on the terraces looked around wonderingly, as if they were waiting to get to know some special Hungarian habit.
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Logan got to his feet and stared wonderingly at her.
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He looked at her wonderingly as he ate it in three big bites.
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Although the tale is suffused with tragedy, there are also plentiful comic moments, such as when the giant flexes his muscles and wonderingly explores his new world.
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Logan got to his feet and stared wonderingly at her.
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He looked at her wonderingly as he ate it in three big bites.
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