peeringly

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adverb

While looking with difficulty.

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Meanings

adverbpeeringly (comparative more peeringly, superlative most peeringly)

comparative more peeringly · superlative most peeringly

  1. While looking with difficulty.

    […] most mariners cherish a very superstitious feeling about seals, arising not only from their peculiar tones when in distress, but also from the human look of their round heads and semi-intelligent faces, seen peeringly uprising from the water alongside.

    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 peering + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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