blottingly

English

Etymology

From blotting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

blottingly (not comparable)

1. So as to produce blots.
   • 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes, page 248:

     That Pen, which now writes blottingly, might be well made at first, and will write fairly again […]

2. So as to blot out or conceal.
   • 2019, James Stephens, The Demi-Gods:

     She trod like a featureless shade; her shawl wrapped blottingly about her face and her mind moving within herself and for herself.