Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a detracting manner; injuriously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a detracting manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb So as to
detract .
Etymologies
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detracting + -ly
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Examples
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To speak detractingly of great and good men is frequently the result of malice combined with egotism.
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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Hearing at another time that an intimate friend of his had spoken detractingly of him, "I am sure he would not do it," said he, "if he had not some reason for it."
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Hearing at another time, that an intimate friend of his had spoken detractingly of him, I am sure he would not do it, says he, if he had not some reason for it.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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