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English
Etymology
From pregnant + -ly.
Adverb
pregnantly (comparative more pregnantly, superlative most pregnantly)
- In a pregnant manner.
- (obsolete) unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly, evidently
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 95:A thousand moral paintings I can show / That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's / More pregnantly than words.
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