Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a leading manner; by leading.

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  • adverb In a way that leads; as a leading question.

Etymologies

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leading +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Whut side effects can I eggspect, she asked leadingly?

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  • Judge Mary Schroeder asked leadingly, "Is there anything that might have happened" to cause Justice to shift its views?

    Obama's Antiterror Progress 2009

  • So, a teacher who does not belong to this sect gets verbally abused and harassed by parents and administrators who leadingly remind her of who makes the employment decisions and gives out pay raises for teaching that the earth is round in accordance with stardard scientific models.

    Standards and the Teachers who Need Them - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • “And in those six months, did she display any special skills?” the prosecutor asked leadingly.

    cat’s meow melissa de la cruz 2001

  • “And in those six months, did she display any special skills?” the prosecutor asked leadingly.

    cat’s meow melissa de la cruz 2001

  • “And in those six months, did she display any special skills?” the prosecutor asked leadingly.

    cat’s meow melissa de la cruz 2001

  • “And someone will smell it and report him and there will be an investigation …” Noëlle said leadingly, tilting her head to the side.

    PRIVATE KATE BRIAN 1998

  • “And someone will smell it and report him and there will be an investigation …” Noëlle said leadingly, tilting her head to the side.

    PRIVATE KATE BRIAN 1998

  • This assertion, whatever its merit, is a statement about physics or natural philosophy, and not, as Cantor mis - leadingly presents it, a statement about technical mathematics.

    INFINITY SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • "Of course, you greeted him as a long-lost friend," remarked Claiborne leadingly.

    The Port of Missing Men Meredith Nicholson 1906

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