Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a detracting manner; injuriously.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a detracting manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb So as to detract.

Etymologies

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detracting +‎ -ly

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