missingly

English

Etymology

From missing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

missingly (comparative more missingly, superlative most missingly)

1. (obsolete) With a sense of loss.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     Sir, it is three dayes since I saw the Prince: what
     his happier affayres may be, are to me vnknowne: but I
     haue (missingly) noted, he is of late much retyred from
     Court, and is lesse frequent to his Princely exercises then
     formerly he hath appeared.

References

• “missingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.