avertedly

adv

avertedly

adv

Etymology From averted + -ly.

1

In an averted manner; turned away.

  • […] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
  • Maybe it was because they were looking down avertedly like that, trying to avoid the sound of the clock.1944, William Irish, Deadline at Dawn:

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