"meaningly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈmiːnɪŋli/ [UK] Forms: more meaningly [comparative], most meaningly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English meningli, menyngli, equivalent to meaning + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|meningli}} Middle English meningli, {{suf|en|meaning|ly|id2=adverbial}} meaning + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} meaningly (comparative more meaningly, superlative most meaningly)
  1. With an implied meaning; with significance; meaningfully. Related terms: well-meaningly
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          "ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 309:",
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