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crowingly

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Thyestes", Act V., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 135. Wicked Atreus crowingly congratulates himself on his cruel revenge [...]

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History

Etymology

From crowing + -ly.