What does inclining mean?
Inclining means present participle and gerund of incline.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of incline.
185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit Monsieur Rigaud sometimes stopped, as if he were going to put his case in a new light, or make some irate remonstrance; but Signor Cavalletto continuing to go slowly to and fro at a grotesque kind of jog-trot pace with his eyes turned downward, nothing came of these inclinings.
The removal of the monarch and his court to the Brazils had tended to make the nobles less loyal in their inclinings[…]
Use inclining when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Inclining means present participle and gerund of incline.
Common synonyms include inclination.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit Monsieur Rigaud sometimes stopped, as if he were going to put his case in a new light, or make some irate remonstrance; but Signor Cavalletto continuing to go slowly to and fro at a grotesque kind of jog-trot pace with his eyes turned downward, nothing came of these inclinings.
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