lockingly

comparative more lockingly · superlative most lockingly

1. In such a way as to lock.

   Fee smiled and held his hand, she looked into his eyes and he held her gaze lockingly.

   2011, Claire King, The Fall of Essence, →ISBN, page 531

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   The hoop members include locking means within the U-shaped channel which, when the upper and lower edges of the side wall member are inserted within the U-shaped channel, lockingly affix the hoop members to the side wall member.

   1973, United States Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents

   The principle of a clip lockingly engaging under the metal to which it is affixed had been in general use in the automobile industry.

   1986, Canadian patent reporter, page 308