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  • adjective in an embracing manner

Etymologies

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embracing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • XX is an embracingly lo-fi nonetheless additionally not often apart listen.

    The Best Albums Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound | Industry Fokery admin 2009

  • XX is an embracingly lo-fi nonetheless additionally not often apart listen.

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  • Nearly every day now the air was softly, embracingly warm, and owing to the scarcity of garments, no one was wearing more than was necessary.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • The high, dim-colored walls, with their curious, low corner towers and the leafage of the wall fruits spread against their brick, inclosed it embracingly, as if they were there to take care of it and its beauty.

    The White People 1917

  • He clung there; he would not leave that; doggedly, defiantly, insistently, all-embracingly he affirmed that _that_ could not make any serious difference.

    The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love Susan Glaspell 1915

  • He clung there; he would not leave that; doggedly, defiantly, insistently, all-embracingly he affirmed that _that_ could not make any serious difference.

    The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love Susan Glaspell 1915

  • The air was softly, embracingly warm that evening.

    The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915

  • He clung there; he would not leave that; doggedly, defiantly, insistently, all-embracingly he affirmed that _that_ could not make any serious difference.

    The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love Susan Glaspell 1915

  • "But this is delicious -- this is a conception of genius," said Mr. Wangelbecker all-embracingly, after he had picked up Anna-Felicitas's tablets and restored them to her with a low bow.

    Christopher and Columbus Elizabeth von Arnim 1903

  • The high, dim-colored walls, with their curious, low corner towers and the leafage of the wall fruits spread against their brick, inclosed it embracingly, as if they were there to take care of it and its beauty.

    The White People Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

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