distancingly

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English

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Etymology

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From distancing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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distancingly (comparative more distancingly, superlative most distancingly)

  1. So as to distance oneself.
    • 2007 August 5, Liesl Schillinger, “The Boy Next Door”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control.
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