underlining
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
underlining
- present participle and gerund of underline
Noun edit
underlining (plural underlinings)
- An act or instance of marking text with an underline.
- 2005, Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right, page 238:
- There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
underlining (plural underlinings)