eavesdroppingly

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adverb

So as to eavesdrop.

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Meanings

adverbeavesdroppingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareSo as to eavesdrop.

    "When you get us a car," she said, at the same time sticking a dollar and change into the beggar's cup that was our only passage into the eavesdroppingly perfect world of the cabbie.

    1980, Jasper Evian, Father daughter

Origin

From eavesdropping + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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