What does recoilingly mean?
Recoilingly means So as to recoil or shrink back..
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So as to recoil or shrink back..
1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly […]
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Recoilingly means So as to recoil or shrink back..
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1865, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), Old Without Years That gangrene in the register of ill / From which men shrink with undisguised disgust, / According to the sternness of their hearts, / And from which women turn recoilingly […]
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