recoilingly

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adverb

So as to recoil or shrink back.

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Meanings

adverbrecoilingly (comparative more recoilingly, superlative most recoilingly)

comparative more recoilingly · superlative most recoilingly

  1. So as to recoil or shrink back.

    1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly […]

Origin

From recoiling + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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