estimatingly

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adverb

So as to estimate or weigh up.

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Meanings

adverbestimatingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo as to estimate or weigh up.

    Explorers reached the Galaxy's very edge, and looked estimatingly across the emptiness toward other island universes.

    1954, Murray Leinster, The Forgotten Planet

Origin

From estimating + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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