trappingly

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adverb

So as to trap someone or something.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adverbtrappingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareSo as to trap someone or something.

    Walls waited for him cunningly within the square blotch of darkness which the dormer's casement framed; if he passed himself within the casement the frame would enlarge into walls about him, trappingly, […]

    1906, Sir James Henry Yoxall, Beyond the Wall, page 11

Origin

From trapping + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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