poringly

English

Etymology

poring +‎ -ly

Adverb

poringly (comparative more poringly, superlative most poringly)

  1. So as to pore; with intense study or focus.
    • 1836, Frederic Mansel Reynolds, The Parricide: A Domestic Romance, volume 2, page 238:
      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.

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