testingly

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1. In a tentative and experimental manner.

   At the same time she lifts her left leg testingly in a kind of skip or dance step, before exiting quietly stage right.

   1997, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Jo Riley, The show and the gaze of theatre: a European perspective

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   I have lived as a spoiled child and you have lived as an exposed child, and now those children are looking testingly at each other.

   1994, Ingmar Bergman, Joan Tate, The Best Intentions

2. In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc.

   ...whether the exercises took place in recognized military training areas or in territory testingly unfamiliar to the troops.

   2005, Thom Burnett, Conspiracy Encyclopedia