ascendingly

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Etymology[edit]

ascending +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

ascendingly (comparative more ascendingly, superlative most ascendingly)

  1. In an ascending manner.
    • 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works[1]:
      This neighbor's own opinion has, in like manner, been adopted from one above him, and so, ascendingly, to a few gifted individuals who kneel around the summit, beholding, face to face, the master spirit who stands upon the pinnacle. "

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