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nursingly

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

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adv

Meaning 1

With tender care; cherishingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Neither does a great nation [...] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.

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History

Etymology

From nursing + -ly.