alteringly

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adverb

So as to alter or change something.

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Meanings

adverbalteringly (comparative more alteringly, superlative most alteringly)

comparative more alteringly · superlative most alteringly

  1. in compoundsSo as to alter or change something.

    There is no more purposeful, insistent and mind-alteringly beautiful thing than this heavenly signature.

    2022, Jason Potter, Amatoria
    1 more example

    What may be life-alteringly significant to one person may be impossibly incoherent or banal to another because the two are at different phases in their lives.

    1996, Barbara Powell, Windows Into the Infinite: A Guide to the Hindu Scriptures, page 182

Origin

From altering + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

integrally
Cite this entry
APA

alteringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alteringly

MLA

“alteringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alteringly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alteringly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alteringly.

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