disposingly

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adverb

So as to dispose of something.

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Meanings

adverbdisposingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo as to dispose of something.

    1910?, Marion Hill, Harmony Hall This blot she removed upon her finger and then rubbed disposingly into her velvet fillet.

    1 more example

    […] it is the duty of pastors to exhort their people to perform these works, because, if they be rightly done, they bring with them from the divine benignity and promise, forgiveness of sins, in some mode, whether disposingly or instrumentally.

    1850, William Forbes, Considerationes modestæ et pacificæ controversiarum de justificatione, purgatorio, invocatione sanctorum et Christo Mediatore

Origin

From disposing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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