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English
Etymology
From dreading + -ly.
Adverb
dreadingly (comparative more dreadingly, superlative most dreadingly)
- With dread.
1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XXXIII.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: , London: George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, , →OCLC, page 162:Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare.
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