consumingly

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adverb

In a consuming manner; so as to consume.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English consuming →
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Meanings

adverbconsumingly (comparative more consumingly, superlative most consumingly)

comparative more consumingly · superlative most consumingly

  1. In a consuming manner; so as to consume.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  7. Proto-Italic*supo
  8. Latinsub
  9. Latinsub-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  12. Proto-Italic*emō
  13. Latinemō
  14. Latinsūmō
  15. Latincōnsūmō
  16. Old Frenchconsumer
  17. Middle Englishconsumen
  18. Englishconsuming
  19. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  20. Proto-Germanic*līką
  21. Englishconsumingly

From consuming + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

“consumingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consumingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumingly.

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