Definitions

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  • adverb So as to invoke.

Etymologies

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invoking +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • And he who seemed the highest in authority, raising his arms invokingly towards heaven, exclaimed:

    The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance Marie Corelli 1889

  • But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • Ah, "turning invokingly," what is friendship, if it be not the helping hand and the feeling heart, the good Samaritan pouring out at need the purse as the vial! "

    The Confidence-Man 1857

  • Ah, "turning invokingly," what is friendship, if it be not the helping hand and the feeling heart, the good Samaritan pouring out at need the purse as the vial! "

    The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855

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