intoningly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

intoning +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

intoningly (comparative more intoningly, superlative most intoningly)

  1. With marked intonation.
    • 1887, George Dana Boardman, Divine Man from the Nativity to the Temptation:
      Even the Quakers, although they allow not music, yet preach intoningly, in a singsong way. Music is the natural outlet of devotion.