Etymograph

English

riddlingly

From riddling + -ly.

Formed from riddling + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‘to think, arrange’

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Proto-West Germanic *rādan ‘to advise’

Proto-West Germanic *rādislī ‘advice, consultation’

Old English rǣdels ‘counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle’

Middle English redel ‘a riddle or enigma’

English riddling

Today it means

adv In the form of a riddle.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / riddlingly