shieldingly

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adverb

In a way that shields.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adverbshieldingly (comparative more shieldingly, superlative most shieldingly)

comparative more shieldingly · superlative most shieldingly

  1. In a way that shields.

    At once she flung her faint form shieldingly on his […]

    1898, Thomas Hardy, The Burghers

Origin

From shielding + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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