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Liftingly vs Listingly - What's the difference?

liftingly | listingly |

As adverbs the difference between liftingly and listingly

is that liftingly is so as to lift or elevate while listingly is with a list or tilt.

liftingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • So as to lift or elevate.

    • listingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • With a list or tilt.
  • * 1961 , Alfred William Gressinger, Charles D. Poston: Sunland Seer (page 8)
    • she rolled listingly in a heavy sea. Poston and his men wondered whether they would ever see land again.
  • * 1984 , Eleanor Hodgson, Norah Parker, Wild Splendid Love (page 256)
    • He bowed and wished Audra a pleasant good night, heading jauntily, if a little listingly , toward the door, completely unaffected by her refusal of him.