shruggingly

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adverb

With a shrugging gesture.

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Meanings

adverbshruggingly (comparative more shruggingly, superlative most shruggingly)

comparative more shruggingly · superlative most shruggingly

  1. With a shrugging gesture.

    But the young girl discards it, displeased by its scent, and the rose is tossed to the ground and hardly noticed by the student as he shruggingly steps over the nightingale’s body.

    2007 June 11, Jennifer Dunning, “The Night Christopher Wheeldon Met Oscar Wilde”, in New York Times

Origin

From shrugging + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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