imposingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English imposing

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English imposingly

From imposing + -ly.

Adverb

imposingly (comparative more imposingly, superlative most imposingly)

1. In an imposing manner.

Translations

in imposing manner

• Catalan: imponentment (ca)
• Finnish: mahtavasti (fi), muhkeasti (fi), valtavasti (fi)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “imposingly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “imposingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.