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clankingly

clankingly adverb: with a clanking sound.

Adverb

clankingly (comparative more clankingly, superlative most clankingly)

  1. With a clanking sound.
    • Then he snored gently, the dog clankingly searching for fleas beside the planter’s chair, unaware as yet of her booked passage to India.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 203

Forms of clankingly

comparativemore clankingly
superlativemost clankingly

Origin of clankingly

From clanking + -ly.

Questions about clankingly

What does clankingly mean?
Clankingly means with a clanking sound.
What part of speech is clankingly?
Clankingly is an adverb.

Words near clankingly in the dictionary

  1. clankety
  2. clankier
  3. clankiest
  4. clankily
  5. clanking
  6. clankingly
  7. clankings
  8. clankity
  9. clankless
  10. clanks
  11. clankt

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