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English
Etymology
From touching + -ly.
Adverb
touchingly (comparative more touchingly, superlative most touchingly)
- In a touching manner.
- a touchingly pathetic plight
1834, L E L, Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 89–90:She felt a melancholy satisfaction in gazing for the last time on a scene so indelibly impressed with Madame de Mercœur's image. How many instances of her sweet and gentle temper rose so touchingly to memory!