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recoilingly

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

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adv

Meaning 1

So as to recoil or shrink back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly [...]

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History

Etymology

From recoiling + -ly.