outspreadingly

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adverb

In a way that outspreads.

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Meanings

adverboutspreadingly (comparative more outspreadingly, superlative most outspreadingly)

comparative more outspreadingly · superlative most outspreadingly

  1. In a way that outspreads.

    The mast-heads, like the tops of tall palms, were outspreadingly tufted with arms and legs.

    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 outspreading + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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