invokingly

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adverb

So as to invoke.

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Meanings

adverbinvokingly (comparative more invokingly, superlative most invokingly)

comparative more invokingly · superlative most invokingly

  1. So as to invoke.

    But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin

From invoking + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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