worshippingly

English

Etymology

worshipping + -ly

Adverb

worshippingly (comparative more worshippingly, superlative most worshippingly)

  1. So as to worship.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Anticipation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 42:
      She saw that he loved Ethel Churchill, utterly, worshippingly: that the withered flower which Ethel flung from her was to him a treasure.
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