outspreadingly

English

Etymology

outspreading +‎ -ly

Adverb

outspreadingly (comparative more outspreadingly, superlative most outspreadingly)

1. In a way that outspreads.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     The mast-heads, like the tops of tall palms, were outspreadingly tufted with arms and legs.