outspreadingly

adv

outspreadingly

adv

Etymology From outspreading + -ly.

1

In a way that outspreads.

The mast-heads, like the tops of tall palms, were outspreadingly tufted with arms and legs.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

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