exploringly

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adverb

So as to explore.

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Meanings

adverbexploringly (comparative more exploringly, superlative most exploringly)

comparative more exploringly · superlative most exploringly

  1. So as to explore.

    You plunge your hand exploringly into the drawer, and bring up a long roll wound thickly with twine of all kinds and colors.

    1853, Anne Wales Abbot, Autumn Leaves, page 64

Origin

From exploring + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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