tracingly

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adverb

So as to trace something.

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Meanings

adverbtracingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSo as to trace something.

    Pilar […] ran her finger now absently but tracingly over the contours of her cheeks.

    1940, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Origin

From tracing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

tracingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracingly

MLA

“tracingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tracingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tracingly.

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