restoringlyadv.
/rᵻˈstɔːrɪŋli/, U.S. /rəˈstɔrɪŋli/, /riˈstɔrɪŋli/ In a restoring manner; restoratively.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adverb]
restoratively1835
restoringly1844
1844 J. S. Stone Myst. Opened iv. 91 That same intimate and mysterious union of the Divine Word with their natures by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is alleged to be restoringly effected in baptism.
1846 J. R. Lowell Let. 18 Feb. (1894) I. 115 Falling gently and restoringly as dew on the withered youth-flowers of the oppressor.
1875 Amer. Med. Jrnl. 3 338 Chelidonium acts restoringly on the liver cells.
1911 A. D. Sedgwick Tante xvi. 161 In his little dressing-room he splashed restoringly in hot water.
1939 T. S. Moore Unknown Known 13 As water lifts the hair Or floats the fainting seaweed from a rock, Spreading its tender ends restoringly.
2000 K. F. Nickle Preaching Gospel Luke 69 Only then does discipline avoid being destructively judgmental and becomes instead restoringly corrective.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1844- to see red
- to see round
- to see sense
- to see service
- to see snakes
- to see someone all right
- to see someone right
- to see someone righted
- to see someone safe
- to see someone under the table
- to see something coming
- to see something for what it is
- to see somethinged first
- to see spots
- to see stars
- to see the colour of someone's money
- to see the day
- to see the elephant
- to see the evil of
- to see the fashions
- to see the light
- to see the light of day
- to see the new year in
- to see the old year out
- to see the red light