lockingly
English
Etymology
From locking + -ly.
Adverb
lockingly (comparative more lockingly, superlative most lockingly)
- In such a way as to lock.
- 1973, United States Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents:
- The hoop members include locking means within the U-shaped channel which, when the upper and lower edges of the side wall member are inserted within the U-shaped channel, lockingly affix the hoop members to the side wall member.
- 1986, Canadian patent reporter, page 308:
- The principle of a clip lockingly engaging under the metal to which it is affixed had been in general use in the automobile industry.
- 2011, Claire King, The Fall of Essence, →ISBN, page 531:
- Fee smiled and held his hand, she looked into his eyes and he held her gaze lockingly.
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