intoningly

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adverb

With marked intonation.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adverbintoningly (comparative more intoningly, superlative most intoningly)

comparative more intoningly · superlative most intoningly

  1. With marked intonation.

    Even the Quakers, although they allow not music, yet preach intoningly, in a singsong way. Music is the natural outlet of devotion.

    1887, George Dana Boardman, Divine Man from the Nativity to the Temptation

Origin

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APA

intoningly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intoningly

MLA

“intoningly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intoningly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intoningly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intoningly.

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