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choosingly
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From
choosing
+
-ly
.
Adverb
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choosingly
(
comparative
more
choosingly
,
superlative
most
choosingly
)
In a
choosy
manner;
pickily
.
1926
, Rose Lucile Ellerbe,
Ropes of Sand
, page
16
:
Then he stepped
choosingly
over the ground until he picked out a spot of loose pebbly soil on the arroyo bank, where he began to scoop out a grave, using his hunting knife and his hands.
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