Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • So as to realize.

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  • adverb So as to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality.

Etymologies

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realizing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But her subservience to the power of the persuasive will in Victor -- which was like the rush of a conflagration -- compelled her to think realizingly of any scheme he allowed her darkly to read.

    One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

  • But her subservience to the power of the persuasive will in Victor -- which was like the rush of a conflagration -- compelled her to think realizingly of any scheme he allowed her darkly to read.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • But her subservience to the power of the persuasive will in Victor -- which was like the rush of a conflagration -- compelled her to think realizingly of any scheme he allowed her darkly to read.

    One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • The notions of a universal imprisonment of souls in the intermediate state, and of a universal raising of them thence at an appointed time, having faded from a deep and vivid belief into a cold traditional dogma, ridiculed by many, cared for at all by few, realizingly held by almost none, Paul's argument has been perverted and misinterpreted, until it is now commonly supposed to mean this:

    The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

  • Did they turn her thoughts too realizingly upon the "last agony?"

    Finger Posts on the Way of Life 1847

  • a moment later, suddenly realizingly that danger impended.

    The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys Laura Lee Hope

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