adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] With ascending or upward motion.

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1841.  Bristol Mercury, 20 Nov., 2/5. Discontent exhibits itself ascendingly.

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1880.  World, 16 June. The ghost … glides ascendingly across the stage.

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1882.  Proctor, in Knowledge, II. 176. The constellation at those hours is moving ascendingly.

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