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
"The ole lady's dipped; she's dipped, sir," he remarked leadingly.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson
"Charlie and Fred ain't so terribly chummy, I guess," remarked the sheriff leadingly.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Charles Dana Gibson
"But you'd have to get supplies from time to time," he said leadingly.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by William Patterson White
