leading
adjective
chief; principal; most important; foremost.
leadingly
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a word derived from
leading.
Example Sentences
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There’s a genuinely moving sequence late in “My Old School” when McLeod films his former classmates as they are now, pursuing dramatically divergent careers and leadingly seemingly happy lives.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022
Later on Thursday morning the former blogger and author elaborated on her daytime gabfest after moderator Whoopi Goldberg asked leadingly, “So what’s new with you?”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2017
"But you'd have to get supplies from time to time," he said leadingly.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by William Patterson White
"The ole lady's dipped; she's dipped, sir," he remarked leadingly.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson
"That Alice was a little out of sorts last night?" she queried leadingly.
From April Hopes by William Dean Howells
