broodingly

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adverb

In a brooding manner.

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Meanings

adverbbroodingly (comparative more broodingly, superlative most broodingly)

comparative more broodingly · superlative most broodingly

  1. In a brooding manner.

    But he was broodingly unable to see even the most ivied tower as anything but a pile of stones till, inexplicably, the miracle of recovered hope and courage transformed him.

    1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 4, in World so Wide […], New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 35

Origin

From brooding + -ly.

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APA

broodingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodingly

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Chicago

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