answering

Etymology

From Middle English answerynge; equivalent to answer + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of answer

noun

  1. The act of giving an answer.
    An answer that comes out of the whirlwind is, logically, no answer at all: it belongs to a world above that of logical answerings. 1923, John Cann Bailey, The Continuity of Letters, page 107

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