saving
adjective
tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
savingly
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a word derived from
saving.
Example Sentences
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But it is also savagely, and savingly, comic.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are the principles of religion, and are so nearly conjoined together, that the one cannot be truly without the other, much less savingly.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
By personal interviews and letters, I have been gratified to learn that many have been savingly and truly converted to God through these Discourses.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Joseph Wild
Also, savingly, to her children's "suits," and party dresses, and pic-nic hats, and double button gloves.
From Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Each of them carried a bucket of cool water, which he had to use very savingly.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
