— hangingly , adv.
/hang"ing/ , n.
1. the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
2. Often, hangings . something that hangs or is hung on the walls of a room, as a drapery or tapestry.
3. a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting: a careless hanging of pictures.
adj.
4. punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging: a hanging crime; a hanging offense.
5. inclined to inflict death by hanging: a hanging jury.
6. suspended; pendent; overhanging: a hanging cliff.
7. situated on a steep slope or at a height: a hanging garden.
8. directed downward: a hanging look.
9. made, holding, or suitable for a hanging object.
[ 1250-1300; ME (n., adj.), OE hangande (adj.) See HANG, -ING 1 , -ING 2 ]