recognizingly

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adverb

So as to recognize; showing recognition.

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Meanings

adverbrecognizingly (comparative more recognizingly, superlative most recognizingly)

comparative more recognizingly · superlative most recognizingly

  1. So as to recognize; showing recognition.

    […] and it is himself who looks out recognizingly at himself, just as the so interestingly painted image looks out recognizingly at him.

    1950, Lionel Charles Knights, Frank Raymond Leavis, Scrutiny, volume 17, page 27

Origin

From recognizing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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