missingly

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adverb

With a sense of loss.

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Meanings

adverbmissingly (comparative more missingly, superlative most missingly)

comparative more missingly · superlative most missingly

  1. obsoleteWith a sense of loss.

    Sir, it is three dayes since I saw the Prince: what his happier affayres may be, are to me vnknowne: but I haue (missingly) noted, he is of late much retyred from Court, and is lesse frequent to his Princely exercises then formerly he hath appeared.

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]

Origin

From missing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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