different between brushingly vs rushingly

brushingly

English

Etymology

brushing +? -ly

Adverb

brushingly (not comparable)

  1. With a brushing motion; barely touching; glancingly.
    • 1958, The Bedside "Guardian"
      His defence was so compact and effortless, the feet always in position so swiftly and so correctly, and the bat so brushingly close to the front foot or the body that it was again as of old as if each ball had been forejudged uncannily by some cricketer's act of clairvoyance.

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rushingly

English

Etymology

rushing +? -ly

Adverb

rushingly (comparative more rushingly, superlative most rushingly)

  1. While rushing; in a great hurry.

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