preparingly
English
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]preparingly (not comparable)
- By way of preparation; anticipatorily.
- 1856, Henry Fowler, The American Pulpit, page 207:
- […] prepare for the climax — it is reached ; to the platform's end he walks preparingly; muscles harden, and forehead-veins are full […]
- 1858, Ira Wilder Allen, History of the Rise, Difficulties & Suspension of Antioch College, page 149:
- It was proved to us that in the Faculty meetings he would cast his vote in a given way, and then go to the students, and preparingly to keeping on friendly terms with them, would insinuate that he voted differently; […]