Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- After a pause; deliberately; by breaks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With pauses; haltingly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With
pauses ;haltingly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The poise has a cigarette in its hand, which cigarette it has just pausingly rolled from material furnished by a number of carefully saved butts (whereof Afrique's pockets are invariably full).
The Enormous Room 1928
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She floated along the field like a sail upon a stream, and glided past the spot where we stood, pausingly.
The Botathen Ghost 1921
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This pausingly ensud: neither the king nor s heirs192
Act I. Scene II. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth 1914
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This pausingly ensued: neither the king nor's heirs,
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth 1612
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This pausingly ensued: neither the king nor’s heirs,
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514: This pausingly ensu'de; neither the King, nor's Heyres
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