▪ I. demanding, vbl. n.
(dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ, -æ-)
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb demand.
| 1530 Palsgr. 212/2 Demaundyng of counsayle, consultation. 1556 Aurelio & Isab. (1608) C, Moderate demaundinges and accustomed requestes. 1642 Protests of Lords I. 13 The demanding by this House of some to be left to justice. |
▪ II. deˈmanding, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That demands. Hence deˈmandingly adv., in a demanding manner, as a demandant.
| 1873 L. Wallace Fair God v. v. 289 And what if the Fate had come demandingly? |