meaningly
English
Etymology
From meaning + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːnɪŋli/
Adverb
meaningly (comparative more meaningly, superlative most meaningly)
- With an implied meaning; with significance; meaningfully.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 309:
- Ada opened the album at one of its maroon markers meaningly inserted here and there, glanced once, reclicked the clasp, handed the grinning blackmailer a thousand-dollar note that she happened to have in her bag, summoned Bouteillan and told him to throw Kim out.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 309: