ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Testingly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Testingly is an adverb meaning In a tentative and experimental manner.

Meaning

In a tentative and experimental manner.

More Meanings

  1. In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc.

Example Sentences

At the same time she lifts her left leg testingly in a kind of skip or dance step, before exiting quietly stage right.
...whether the exercises took place in recognized military training areas or in territory testingly unfamiliar to the troops.
I have lived as a spoiled child and you have lived as an exposed child, and now those children are looking testingly at each other.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include venturingly, tryingly, hesitantly, docimastically, speculatively, probationally.

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