poringly

adv

poringly

adv

Etymology From poring + -ly.

1

So as to pore; with intense study or focus.

As the youth gazed closely, poringly, into the maiden's face, his dark eyes flashing with soul and fire, they literally seemed to crave, to search for, and to drink, the very source of life from hers.1836, Frederic Mansel Reynolds, The Parricide: A Domestic Romance, volume 2, page 238:

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