brushingly

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adverb

With a brushing motion; barely touching; glancingly.

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Meanings

adverbbrushingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith a brushing motion; barely touching; glancingly.

    His defence was so compact and effortless, the feet always in position so swiftly and so correctly, and the bat so brushingly close to the front foot or the body that it was again as of old as if each ball had been forejudged uncannily by some cricketer's act of clairvoyance.

    1958, The Bedside "Guardian"

Origin

From brushing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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