forestallingly

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adverb

In a forestalling manner

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Meanings

adverbforestallingly (comparative more forestallingly, superlative most forestallingly)

comparative more forestallingly · superlative most forestallingly

  1. In a forestalling manner

    Don't count on it, Olivia! (Forestallingly) I got your letter!

    1956, Enid Bagnold, The Chalk Garden: A Play
    2 more examples

    Now he began to feel that in him, the thews of a Titan were forestallingly cut by the scissors of Fate.

    1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

    He utters his groan, anticipatingly, and forestallingly, and in love.

    1870, James Morison, Commentary on the Gospel according to Matthew, page 579

Origin

From forestalling + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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