mov´ing|ly

mov´ing|ly
mov|ing «MOO vihng», adjective, verb.
–adj.
1. that moves: »

a moving car.

2. causing or producing motion; having motion: »

The more the moving force is distant from the center of motion, so much the more force it shall have (John Leak).

3. causing action; actuating.
4. touching; pathetic: »

a moving story. A decayed widow…has laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter (Hawthorne).

SYNONYM(S): affecting.
verb, present participle of move.
mov´ing|ly, adverb.
mov´ing|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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