edifyingly

English

Etymology

From edifying +‎ -ly.

Adverb

edifyingly (comparative more edifyingly, superlative most edifyingly)

1. In such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.
   • 1908, H. G. Wells, The War in the Air:

     They hung the man from the Adler. […] Down he fell, hands and feet extended, until with a jerk he was at the end of the rope. Then he ought to have died and swung edifyingly, but instead a more terrible thing happened; his head came right off, and down the body went.

Translations

Translations

Italian: edificantemente (it) Portuguese: edificantemente