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What is interesting to me is looking at how male and female writers depict men who, come in behind to fill those domestic duties, deal with personal and cultural lack of respect for doing what is lingeringly perceived as 'women's work.'
Sherwood Smith

Meaning of "lingeringly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LINGERINGLY

lingeringly  [ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LINGERINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lingeringly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LINGERINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lingeringly in the English dictionary

The definition of lingeringly in the dictionary is in a lingering manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LINGERINGLY


alluringly
əˈlʊərɪŋlɪ
blisteringly
ˈblɪstərɪŋlɪ
daringly
ˈdeərɪŋlɪ
despairingly
dɪsˈpeərɪŋlɪ
endearingly
ɪnˈdɪərɪŋlɪ
enduringly
ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋlɪ
glaringly
ˈɡlɛərɪŋlɪ
hungeringly
ˈhʌŋɡərɪŋlɪ
inquiringly
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋlɪ
inspiringly
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋlɪ
overpoweringly
ˌəʊvəˈpaʊərɪŋlɪ
reassuringly
ˌriːəˈʃʊərɪŋlɪ
sniggeringly
ˈsnɪɡərɪŋlɪ
sparingly
ˈspɛərɪŋlɪ
swaggeringly
ˈswæɡərɪŋlɪ
unflatteringly
ʌnˈflætərɪŋlɪ
untiringly
ʌnˈtaɪərɪŋlɪ
unwaveringly
ʌnˈweɪvərɪŋlɪ
wearingly
ˈwɛərɪŋlɪ
wonderingly
ˈwʌndərɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LINGERINGLY

linga
Lingala
lingam
Lingayen Gulf
lingcod
lingel
linger
lingerer
lingerie
lingering
lingo
lingonberry
lingot
lingster
lingua
lingua franca
linguae
linguae francae
lingual
lingual titubation

WORDS THAT END LIKE LINGERINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of lingeringly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lingeringly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LINGERINGLY

Find out the translation of lingeringly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lingeringly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lingeringly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恋恋不舍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

morosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

lingeringly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lingeringly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lingeringly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

протяжно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

demoradamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lingeringly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

longuement la
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lingeringly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lingeringly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lingeringly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lingeringly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lingeringly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lingeringly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lingeringly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलंकारिकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lingeringly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lingeringly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lingeringly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

протяжно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndelung
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lingeringly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lingeringly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dröjande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dvelende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lingeringly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LINGERINGLY»

The term «lingeringly» is normally little used and occupies the 144.584 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LINGERINGLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lingeringly

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QUOTES WITH «LINGERINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lingeringly.
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Sherwood Smith
What is interesting to me is looking at how male and female writers depict men who, come in behind to fill those domestic duties, deal with personal and cultural lack of respect for doing what is lingeringly perceived as 'women's work.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LINGERINGLY»

Discover the use of lingeringly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lingeringly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 3, ...
Although the predicate is liminal, something can be said about how the middle phase proceeds – lingeringly, inthis instance. Other liminal predicates do not describe a cumulative result of a continuous process, but rather place a boundary on ...
Timothy Shopen, 2007
2
Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett, New Edition
Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave-digger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. (He listens.) But habit is a great deadener. ( He looks again at Estragon.) At me too someone is saying, he is sleeping, ...
Harold Bloom, 2009
3
Out of the Night (Mills & Boon Modern) (Penny Jordan Collection)
lingeringly. and. devastatingly. against. her. mouth,. so. that. she. swayed and fought dizzily against an overwhelming impulse to fling her arms around him and hold on to him, he whispered against her lips, 'Meet me in the garden as soon as  ...
Penny Jordan, 2013
4
Private Lives
Elyot. (kissing. her. lingeringly). Very. nice,. thank. you. kindly. Amanda (twining her arm round his neck) Darling, you're so terribly, terribly dear, and sweet, and attractive. (She pulls his head down to her again and they kiss lovinghr.) ...
Noël Coward, 2013
5
Myth and Ritual in the Plays of Samuel Beckett
Not long after this Didi takes his cue from Pozzo's exit lines and elaborates on them: Vladimir: Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave-digger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of ...
Katherine H. Burkman, 1987
6
Modernism, Modernity, and Arnold Bennett
In Arnold Bennett's serious fiction, characters contract respiratory illnesses and die lingeringly in bed. There are variations, of course; Henry and Violet Earlforward both develop cancer and die lingeringly (one in the hospital, one in a chair), ...
Robert Squillace, 1997
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A General Dictionary of the English Language
LINGERINGLY, lingeringly. a. With delay, tediously. LINGO, ling'-gd. s. Language , tongue, speech. LINGUACIOUS, ling-gwa -shits, a. Full of tongue, talkative. LINGUADENTAL, ling-gwa-den'-til. a. Uttered by the joint action of the tongue and ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1780
8
Roads of Destiny
He glanced with frowning intentness at the big office clock above the burning gas -jet, and then looked lingeringly about the bank—lingeringly and fondly, Uncle Bushrod thought, as one who bids farewell to clear and familiar scenes. Now he ...
O. Henry, 2012
9
Passions for Nature: Nineteenth-century America's Aesthetics ...
essay, “look down into the bosom of that secluded valley, begirt with wooded hills —through those enamelled meadows and wide waving fields of grain, a silver stream winds lingeringly along—here, seeking the green shade of trees—there, ...
Rochelle Johnson, 2009
10
Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
Sucha contrast, the big, handsome Indian, sitting sosoftand as it were lonely by the kerb, softly, lingeringly polishing his yellow orangestoa clean gleam,and lingeringly, delicately arranging the little piles,the pyramidsfor two or three cents each.
D.H. Lawrence, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LINGERINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lingeringly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ian Bell and Joe Root put England in a commanding position over …
Bell acknowledged the salute lingeringly perhaps lending it a little more weight than any of the 43 that have gone before it. Certainly there will ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Michael Hofmann: Where Have You Been? Selected Essays | Review
... and Robert Lowell: “Words in the Air is such a formidably and dramatically and lingeringly wonderful book, it is hard to know where to begin. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Londoner's Diary: New Whetstone job fuels the row over Uber
... border control officer, and then a good leer at a 22-year-old woman on the coach to Oxford whose breasts and hips are described lingeringly. «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
4
Redhead Days Chicago Review
I usually assume it's because of my hair -- every once in a while, someone will stare lingeringly at me until I start wondering if I should type ... «ChicagoNow, Jun 15»
5
Jonathan Franzen's “Bad” Sex Writing Isn't His Fault
He dipped his finger in it lingeringly, then his sex, then he moved her so that she lay on him, her legs thrown over his legs, and as he took her, ... «The New Republic, May 15»
6
Top 10 craft beer pubs in Cambridge
I opted for Marble's marvellous Pint, which – lingeringly bitter, full of floral and tropical fruit flavours – was a reminder of just how much flavour a ... «The Guardian, May 15»
7
Antonacci, ROHO, Pappano, Royal Opera House
Languid orchestral phrases were perfectly, not over-lingeringly caressed in the Chausson, set to rather feeble fin-de-siècle poetry by Maurice ... «The Arts Desk, May 15»
8
The Bat and Ball, Hampshire, pub review
I can lingeringly savour the Gales Spring Sprinter, an astringent palate-cleanser with hints of gooseberry, while checking off the attributes of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
9
Sevilla vs Barcelona, La Liga: live
Twice now they have been lingeringly lovingly on Barca players when action has restarted. Pique goes into the book for barging Vidal in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
10
'On the Town': No Frank, No Gene, No Jules, No Problem
... the guts and the faith in Bernstein's genius to give it room to breath, at tempi paced to lingeringly showcase the symphonic heights and sultry ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lingeringly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lingeringly>. Apr 2024 ».
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