distancingly

English

Etymology

From distancing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

distancingly (comparative more distancingly, superlative most distancingly)

1. So as to distance oneself.
   • 2007 August 5, Liesl Schillinger, “The Boy Next Door”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 June 2025:

     “Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control.