condolingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

condoling +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

condolingly (comparative more condolingly, superlative most condolingly)

  1. In a condoling manner.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 226:
      "But I forgot: yer not one ov ther stitchin' sort, are yer, Lovey? An' them deear liddle 'an's wur never made fer work; but" condolingly, "never mind, I'm kintent wi' yer."
  2. By means of condolence.
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