answering

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Etymology

From Middle English answerynge; equivalent to answer +‎ -ing.

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answering

  1. present participle and gerund of answer

Noun

answering (plural answerings)

  1. The act of giving an answer.
    • 1923, John Cann Bailey, The Continuity of Letters, page 107:
      An answer that comes out of the whirlwind is, logically, no answer at all: it belongs to a world above that of logical answerings.

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answering

  1. Alternative form of answerynge