shelteringly

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adverb

So as to provide shelter.

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Meanings

adverbshelteringly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo as to provide shelter.

    Then, turning to the child by his side, whose eyes heavy with slumber looked up mutely and met his own, he placed his arm shelteringly about the small form and drew it to him as the eyes closed in reposeful slumber.

    1912, Stuart Kencarden, A Mother of Unborn Generations, page 214

Origin

From sheltering + -ly.

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APA

shelteringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelteringly

MLA

“shelteringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelteringly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shelteringly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelteringly.

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