Antonyms for ringingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : ring
Phonetic Transcription : rɪŋ


Definition of ringingly

Origin :
  • "circular band," Old English hring "small circlet, especially one of metal for wearing on the finger or as part of a mail coat; anything circular," from Proto-Germanic *khrengaz (cf. Old Norse hringr, Old Frisian hring, Danish, Swedish, Dutch ring, Old High German hring, German Ring), literally "something curved," from PIE *skrengh- nasalized form of (s)kregh-, from root *(s)ker- "to turn, bend," with wide-ranging derivative senses (cf. Latin curvus "bent, curved," crispus "curly;" Old Church Slavonic kragu "circle," and perhaps Greek kirkos "ring," koronos "curved").
  • Other Old English senses were "circular group of persons," also "horizon." Meaning "place for prize fight and wrestling bouts" (early 14c.) is from the space in a circle of bystanders in the midst of which such contests once were held, "... a circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel players, by a man styled Vinegar; who, with his hat before his eyes, goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in" [Grose, 1788]. Meaning "combination of interested persons" is from 1829. Of trees, from 1670s; fairy ring is from 1620s. Ring finger is Old English hringfingr, a compound found in other Germanic languages. To run rings round (someone) "be superior to" is from 1891.
  • Nursery rhyme ring a ring a rosie is attested in an American form (with a different ending) from c.1790. "The belief that the rhyme originated with the Great Plague is now almost universal, but has no evidence to support it and is almost certainly nonsense" ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore"]. This proposal of connection dates only to the late 1960s.
  • As in loudly : adv audibly
Example sentences :
  • "Everything that grew or moved was purified," she went on ringingly.
  • Extract from : « The Moon is Green » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • All our windows and doors are open; and every sound seems to be ringingly distinct.
  • Extract from : « Palmetto-Leaves » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • He had made heard—and ringingly—the voice that M. de La Tour d'Azyr imagined he had silenced.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for ringingly

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