testingly

English

Etymology

testing +‎ -ly

Adverb

testingly (comparative more testingly, superlative most testingly)

1. In a tentative and experimental manner.
   • 1994, Ingmar Bergman, Joan Tate, The Best Intentions:

     I have lived as a spoiled child and you have lived as an exposed child, and now those children are looking testingly at each other.

   • 1997, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Jo Riley, The show and the gaze of theatre: a European perspective:

     At the same time she lifts her left leg testingly in a kind of skip or dance step, before exiting quietly stage right.

2. In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc.
   • 2005, Thom Burnett, Conspiracy Encyclopedia:

     ...whether the exercises took place in recognized military training areas or in territory testingly unfamiliar to the troops.