quotinglyadv.
/ˈkwəʊtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈkwoʊdɪŋli/ 1. In a way that uses many quotations; as if quoting.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [adverb]
recitallya1641
quotingly1657
quotationally1862
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't Post-scr. Their old method of talking preachingly, quotingly and quibblingly.
1919 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 342 ‘He would jolly soon end all this strike business all over the world,’ said one very young captain—‘end it with a whiff of grapeshot,’ he added quotingly.
1964 R. M. Grant Apostolic Fathers i. 59 Sometimes he quoted, sometimes he alluded, sometimes he allusively quoted, and sometimes he quotingly alluded.
1975 P. Green Common Glory (new ed.) 35 If another ship is sent against America—(As if quotingly.)—‘if another hireling soldier puts his foot upon our shores whether in Massachusetts or Georgia..then the colony of Virginia will rise in all her might.’
2. In a way that invites quotation.
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1852 H. H. Paul Dashes Amer. Humour 74 ‘It must be so, Plato,’ quotingly added Mr. Gleely.
1997 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 4 Aug. b3 As Disraeli so quotingly put it, ‘There are lies, damned lies and statistics.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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