refiningly

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adverb

So as to refine.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbrefiningly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo as to refine.

    Though in many natural objects, whiteness refiningly enhances beauty, as if imparting some special virtue of its own, as in marbles, japonicas, and pearls; […]

    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 refining + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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