English Explanatory Dictionary

-lings

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. forming adverbs, generally of condition or situation

Word forms

-lings

Etymology

From Middle English -linges, variant (with genitive -es) of Middle English -ling (adverbial suffix), equivalent to -ling + -s. Compare Dutch -lings (adverbial suffix), German -lings.

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