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Webster 1913 Edition


Dabblingly

Dab′bling-ly

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adv.
In a dabbling manner.

Definition 2024


dabblingly

dabblingly

English

Adverb

dabblingly (comparative more dabblingly, superlative most dabblingly)

  1. With a dabbling motion.
    • 1974, H. R. F. Keating, The Underside
      He almost fell on top of her, his mouth dabblingly seeking hers.
  2. As a dilettante or amateur; superficially.
    • 1984, Rasheed Araeen, Guy Brett, Making myself visible
      artists [] dabblingly pursuing a kind of formalist mannerism merely in the interest of careerism