mountinglyadv.
/ˈmaʊntɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)ɪŋli/ In a mounting manner, so as to rise high; increasingly.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adverb] > with upward movement
mountinglya1627
soaringly1817
toweringly1822
ascendingly1880
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) ii. 20 I..leapt for joy, So mountingly I touchd the stars me thought.
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 38 The high tossing and swaggering Preaching; either mountingly Eloquent, or profoundly Learned.
1835 T. Wade Mundi et Cordis 106 Our essence from its clay springs mountingly.
1986 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 13/5 English chairs and cabinets have become mountingly fashionable as the language of furniture grandeur in New York.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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