greetingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

greeting +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

greetingly (not comparable)

  1. By way of greeting.
    • 1813, John Galt, Letters from the Levant, page 297:
      Their barking was only an alarm: the moment that they were spoken to, they retired, or came towards us greetingly and kindly.
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