pausinglyadv.
/ˈpɔːzɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈpɔzɪŋli/, /ˈpɑzɪŋli/ With a pause or pauses; haltingly, hesitantly.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adverb]
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1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 169 With demure Confidence, This pausingly ensu'de. View more context for this quotation
1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) iii. xxii. 137 Th' indignant Hero.., all unable to comply, Pausingly thoughtful, roll'd his angry Eye.
a1763 J. Byrom Poems (1894–5) I. ii. 422 Tho' justly quite and pausingly belyr'd,—The rime is wanting and the ear is tir'd.
1833 C. Norton Poems 127 Some young mournful one, whose footstep falls Pausingly, as he muses on the dead.
1879 Appletons' Jrnl. Jan. 8/2 ‘Strange,’ articulated the professor, pausingly.
1905 H. James N. Amer. Rev. Apr. in Coll. Trav. Writings (Library of Amer.) (1993) 397 Ridge upon ridge and horizon by horizon to deal with, insistently, pantingly, puffingly, pausingly, before the great river showed signs of taking up the tale.
1977 T. Hughes Gaudete 62 Pausingly opens The drawer in the table.
1995 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 7 Sept. a1 ‘Daddy?’ she asked, pausingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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