grazingly

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adverb

So as to graze, or brush closely against.

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Meanings

adverbgrazingly (comparative more grazingly, superlative most grazingly)

comparative more grazingly · superlative most grazingly

  1. So as to graze, or brush closely against.

    The big mongrel, in agony, snarled and made a lunge at his irritatingly dancing tormentor. His teeth dug grazingly into the terrier's withers; and, with an impatient toss, he flung the little beast to one side.

    1922, Albert Payson Terhune, Further Adventures of Lad

Origin

From grazing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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