tracingly

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English

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Etymology

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From tracing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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tracingly (not comparable)

  1. So as to trace something.
    • 1940, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls:
      Pilar [] ran her finger now absently but tracingly over the contours of her cheeks.