adv. [f. WARNING ppl. a. + -LY2.] In a warning manner, by way of warning.

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1818.  E. L. Swift, in Trewman’s Exeter Flying-Post, 29 Jan., 3/1.

        I love thee [a grey hair], kind unflattering friend,
So warningly thy hues extend
Along my brow.

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1840.  G. S. Faber, Prim. Doctr. Regen., IV. iii. 369. Then she [the Church] speaks warningly and therefore specifically.

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1885.  Constance F. Woolson, in Harper’s Mag., March, 628/1. ‘I play a wretched game,’ said the Northern lady, warningly.

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