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pregnantly

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Etymology

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From pregnant +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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pregnantly (comparative more pregnantly, superlative most pregnantly)

  1. In a pregnant manner.
  2. (obsolete) unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly, evidently
    • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 95:
      A thousand moral paintings I can show / That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's / More pregnantly than words.

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