fishingly
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In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking…
In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.
- Monk enquired fishingly whether Presbytery, to which he was well inclined on the whole, might not be thought somewhat rigid.
- But the pen-tongued and compulsive verbalizer / Goes fishingly groping for words
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fishingly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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