leaningly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

leaning +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

leaningly (comparative more leaningly, superlative most leaningly)

  1. With a leaning motion or posture.
    • 1851, John Marius Wilson, The Rural Cyclopedia, volume 3, page 785:
      Form a stratum of peats upon all the ground, setting them leaningly on end with an inclination toward the stake or centre []