Inclining
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Inclining is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of incline.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of incline.
More Meanings
- inclination
Example Sentences
The removal of the monarch and his court to the Brazils had tended to make the nobles less loyal in their inclinings[…]
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.
Word Forms
- inclinings
Synonyms for inclining
Depending on context, synonyms include inclination.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inclination, inbend, wending, implying, attitudinizing, condescension.
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