pregnantly

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English

Etymology

pregnant +‎ -ly

Adverb

pregnantly (comparative more pregnantly, superlative most pregnantly)

In a pregnant manner.
(obsolete) unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly, evidently
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, I. i. 95:
  A thousand moral paintings I can show / That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's / More pregnantly than words.

Synonyms

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