eavesdroppingly

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English

Etymology

From eavesdropping +‎ -ly.

Adverb

eavesdroppingly (not comparable)

(rare) So as to eavesdrop.
- 1980, Jasper Evian, Father daughter:
  "When you get us a car," she said, at the same time sticking a dollar and change into the beggar's cup that was our only passage into the eavesdroppingly perfect world of the cabbie.

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