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
How much more savingly have either I lived, or how much less neatly have you gone, my children, since this new possessor came?
From The Works of Horace by Horace
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
That was all very well for those who would savingly know the Lord.
From Love's Final Victory by Horatio
