Meanings
adverbinhibitingly (comparative more inhibitingly, superlative most inhibitingly)
comparative more inhibitingly · superlative most inhibitingly
- So as to inhibit.
Yet the script often feels as inhibitingly self-conscious as Ellis does as a host, suggesting a class writing assignment dutifully carried out by a precocious pupil who would rather be working on something else.
2016 June 10, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois’ Revels in Unease”, in New York Times
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inhibitingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhibitingly
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“inhibitingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhibitingly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhibitingly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhibitingly.
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