testingly adverb2 •In a tentative and experimental manner.I have lived as a spoiled child and you have lived as an exposed child, and now those children are looking testingly at each other. — 1994 •In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc....whether the exercises took place in recognized military training areas or in territory testingly unfamiliar to the troops. — 2005 formsmore testingly · most testingly