designingly

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adverb

With sinister designs; insidiously.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbdesigningly (comparative more designingly, superlative most designingly)

comparative more designingly · superlative most designingly

  1. With sinister designs; insidiously.

    The vilest, most designingly wicked men our century knows.

    1886, Merrill Edwards Gates, Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners, volume 17

Origin

From designing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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