Definitions
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- adverb So as to prevent or hinder.
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- adverb So as to
prevent orhinder .
Etymologies
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preventing + -ly
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Examples
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Just a moment longer he remained so; then at something he saw, he dropped her hand and drew away swiftly, preventingly.
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Of a sudden he stepped back and lifted one hand free, preventingly.
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The instinct of convention, fundamental, inbred, more vital to a woman than life itself, intruded preventingly, fair in her path.
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"But we mustn't stop to chatter any more now," she digressed preventingly.
The Dominant Dollar Lester [Illustrator] Ralph 1893
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