fishingly

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adverb

In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.

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Meanings

adverbfishingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.

    But the pen-tongued and compulsive verbalizer / Goes fishingly groping for words

    2012, Samuel Whittemore Fowler, Alive! Volume 2, page 96
    1 more example

    Monk enquired fishingly whether Presbytery, to which he was well inclined on the whole, might not be thought somewhat rigid.

    1858, Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, page 285

Origin

From fishing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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