blinkingly

adverb

blink·​ing·​ly

ˈbliŋk-iŋ-lē

: with blinking eyes : evasively

Sir Daniel, brushing the blood out of his eyes, stared blinkingly upon his captive.

—Robert Louis Stevenson, The Blackarrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, 1888

… eager to be astonished, blinkingly attentive …

—Michael Cunningham, Specimen Days, 2006

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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