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Etymology

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recognizing +‎ -ly

Adverb

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recognizingly (comparative more recognizingly, superlative most recognizingly)

  1. So as to recognize; showing recognition.
    • 1950, Lionel Charles Knights, Frank Raymond Leavis, Scrutiny, volume 17, page 27:
      [] and it is himself who looks out recognizingly at himself, just as the so interestingly painted image looks out recognizingly at him.