What does wonderingly mean?
Wonderingly means In a wondering manner; with wonderment..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a wondering manner; with wonderment..
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaie & Co., Volume I, Phase the First, Chapter 4, p. 50, The poor creature looked wonderingly round at the night, at the lantern, at their two figures, as if he could not believe that at that hour, when every living thing was intended to be in shelter and at rest, he was called upon to go out and labour.
The flowers that Florence held to her breast began to fall when she heard those words, so wonderingly spoken.
“That will be sat-is-fac-tor-y,” said Tik-Tok, picking up the gun and examining it wonderingly, for he had never before seen such a weapon.
She listened to him wonderingly as he told her of the real miner’s cottage of his birth in Carmarthenshire where his father still lived […]
Use wonderingly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wonderingly means In a wondering manner; with wonderment..
Common synonyms include questioningly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaie & Co., Volume I, Phase the First, Chapter 4, p. 50, The poor creature looked wonderingly round at the night, at the lantern, at their two figures, as if he could not believe that at that hour, when every living thing was intended to be in shelter and at rest, he was called upon to go out and labour.
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