Meanings
adverbedifyingly (comparative more edifyingly, superlative most edifyingly)
comparative more edifyingly · superlative most edifyingly
- In such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.
They hung the man from the Adler. […] Down he fell, hands and feet extended, until with a jerk he was at the end of the rope. Then he ought to have died and swung edifyingly, but instead a more terrible thing happened; his head came right off, and down the body went.
1908, H. G. Wells, The War in the Air
Origin
Translations
Italian edificantemente
- edificantementeTranslations
Portuguese edificantemente
- edificantementeTranslations
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APA
edifyingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edifyingly
MLA
“edifyingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edifyingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edifyingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edifyingly.
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