poringly

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adverb

So as to pore; with intense study or focus.

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Meanings

adverbporingly (comparative more poringly, superlative most poringly)

comparative more poringly · superlative most poringly

  1. So as to pore; with intense study or focus.

    As the youth gazed closely, poringly, into the maiden's face, his dark eyes flashing with soul and fire, they literally seemed to crave, to search for, and to drink, the very source of life from hers.

    1836, Frederic Mansel Reynolds, The Parricide: A Domestic Romance, volume 2, page 238

Origin

From poring + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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