Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a temporizing manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a temporizing or yielding manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a temporizing or yielding manner.

Etymologies

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temporizing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "Well, you better wait," she admonished temporizingly.

    Lonesome Land B. M. Bower 1905

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