ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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

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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