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adverbrestingly (comparative more restingly, superlative most restingly)
comparative more restingly · superlative most restingly
- While, or as if, resting; restfully.
Work is all drugery^([sic]), degradation, irksomeness, slavery, bondage, unless we can do it restingly, that is, in a quiet, content, noisless^([sic]), loving, trusting spirit […]
1882, Stephen Jenner, Grain from the granary, sermons, page 73
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restingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restingly
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“restingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restingly.
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