refiningly
English
Etymology
refining + -ly
Adverb
refiningly (not comparable)
- So as to refine.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- Though in many natural objects, whiteness refiningly enhances beauty, as if imparting some special virtue of its own, as in marbles, japonicas, and pearls; […]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick