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Jestingly vs Testingly - What's the difference?

jestingly | testingly |

As adverbs the difference between jestingly and testingly

is that jestingly is said, written or done in jest while testingly is in a tentative and experimental manner.

jestingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • said, written or done in jest

    • testingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a tentative and experimental manner.
  • * 1994 , Ingmar Bergman, Joan Tate, The Best Intentions
    • I have lived as a spoiled child and you have lived as an exposed child, and now those children are looking testingly at each other.
  • * 1997 , Erika Fischer-Lichte, Jo Riley, The show and the gaze of theatre: a European perspective
    • At the same time she lifts her left leg testingly in a kind of skip or dance step, before exiting quietly stage right.
  • In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc.
  • * 2005 , Thom Burnett, Conspiracy Encyclopedia
    • ...whether the exercises took place in recognized military training areas or in territory testingly unfamiliar to the troops.