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Meaning of pettingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

So as to pet or cajole.

Examples

“"It is to the death," said Akela. "Thou hast never met the dhole—the Red Killer. Even the Striped One—"¶ "Aowa! Aowa!" said Mowgli pettingly. "I have killed one striped ape, and sure am I in my stomach that Shere Khan would have left his own mate for meat to the dhole if he had winded a pack across three ranges[…]"”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pettishly petulantly ph phagocytically phagotrophically phallically

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