eavesdroppingly

English

Etymology

From eavesdropping +‎ -ly.

Adverb

eavesdroppingly (not comparable)

1. (rare) So as to eavesdrop.
   • 1980, Jasper Evian, Father daughter:

     "When you get us a car," she said, at the same time sticking a dollar and change into the beggar's cup that was our only passage into the eavesdroppingly perfect world of the cabbie.