Etymograph

English

shapingly

From shaping + -ly.

Formed from shaping + -ly

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ‘to make, to create’

Proto-West Germanic *skappjan ‘to make, to create’

Old English sċieppan ‘to create’

Middle English schapen ‘to shape’

Middle English schapynge ‘shaping, making, forming’

English shaping

Today it means

adv So as to give shape to something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shapingly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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