Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Carefully; gingerly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare Gradually; gingerly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb While
edging ; with short, timid steps.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He came into the room then, edgingly, in his self-winding way, as if, as if.
THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001
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He came into the room then, edgingly, in his self-winding way, as if, as if.
THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001
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He came into the room then, edgingly, in his self-winding way, as if, as if.
THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001
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He came into the room then, edgingly, in his self-winding way, as if, as if.
THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001
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Mr. Solmes with the words, Let me lead you in, my dear friend, having hold of his hand; while the new-made beau awkwardly followed, but more edgingly, as I may say, setting his feet mincingly, to avoid treading upon his leader's heels.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 Samuel Richardson 1725
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And then (as agreed upon I suppose) in came my uncle Antony, crediting Mr. Solmes with the words, Let me lead you in, my dear friend, having hold of his hand; while the new-made beau awkwardly followed, but more edgingly, as I may say, setting his feet mincingly, to avoid treading upon his leader’s heels.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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