In a manner that asks or questions; with the tone or manner of someone asking a question.
From asking (present participle of ask) + -ly (Old English -lice, meaning in the manner of). Creates an adverb describing the manner of asking.
This word captures something subtle about human communication—we can say something that's grammatically a statement while 'askingly' making it sound like a question through our tone and inflection, a linguistic trick we use constantly!
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