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intoningly

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English

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Etymology

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From intoning +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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intoningly (comparative more intoningly, superlative most intoningly)

  1. With marked intonation.
    • 1887, George Dana Boardman, Divine Man from the Nativity to the Temptation:
      Even the Quakers, although they allow not music, yet preach intoningly, in a singsong way. Music is the natural outlet of devotion.