heatingly

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adverb

So as to make or become hot.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbheatingly (comparative more heatingly, superlative most heatingly)

comparative more heatingly · superlative most heatingly

  1. archaicSo as to make or become hot.

    Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms […]

    1856, Henry William Herbert, The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen
    1 more example

    Some skins are intolerant of grease, and in very active hot eczemas the grease may act heatingly by interfering with escape of secretions and radiation of heat. Pastes which are ointments but contain far more powder, are sometimes superior.

    1918, The Ophthalmic Yearbook, volume 14, page 167

Origin

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