distancingly

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adverb

So as to distance oneself.

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Meanings

adverbdistancingly (comparative more distancingly, superlative most distancingly)

comparative more distancingly · superlative most distancingly

  1. So as to distance oneself.

    “Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control.

    2007 August 5, Liesl Schillinger, “The Boy Next Door”, in New York Times

Origin

From distancing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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