Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a convalescent manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
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- adverb In the manner of a
convalescent ; with increasingstrength orvigour .
Etymologies
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convalescent + -ly
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Examples
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The weather had changed, and when he went up from this interview with his wife in their stateroom he found a good many people strung convalescently along the promenade on their steamer-chairs.
The Kentons William Dean Howells 1878
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