English

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Etymology

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nudging +‎ -ly

Adverb

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nudgingly (not comparable)

  1. With, or as if with, a nudge.
    • 2015 November 16, David Hepworth, “This week’s best radio: Chris Evans, a master at work”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In only his second interview as a somewhat reluctant pop star in the late 70s, a man from the Mirror in a reassuringly dirty mac nudgingly begs: “Tell us about the girls.”