exploratorily

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exploratory +‎ -ly

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exploratorily (comparative more exploratorily, superlative most exploratorily)

  1. In an exploratory way or fashion.
    • 1874, Glasgow and West of Scotland Medical Association, Glasgow Medical Journal, volume 6, page 509:
      Thereupon his first act was to pass his hand exploratorily over his head, when there came away a mass of hair not smaller than the first quantity.

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