What does scatteringly mean?
Scatteringly means in a scattering manner, suggesting scattering..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
in a scattering manner, suggesting scattering..
She pushed cautiously down to the edge of the rocks where the bushes grew scatteringly, pretending to herself that she wanted a bit of wild geranium that flourished in a crevice far below the top.
'My father went straight to the hiding-place in full sight of everybody, and got out the fish-hooks and brought them and flung them scatteringly over my head, so that they fell in glittering confusion on the platform at my lover's knee.
The other men trooped along scatteringly, dodging under the low boughs of the stunted trees.
Use scatteringly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scatteringly means in a scattering manner, suggesting scattering..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She pushed cautiously down to the edge of the rocks where the bushes grew scatteringly, pretending to herself that she wanted a bit of wild geranium that flourished in a crevice far below the top.
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