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clatteringly

clatteringly adverb: with a clattering sound.

Adverb

clatteringly (comparative more clatteringly, superlative most clatteringly)

  1. With a clattering sound.
    • Grandpa Piper replaced the vase clatteringly back upon the mantleshelf.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 135

Forms of clatteringly

comparativemore clatteringly
superlativemost clatteringly

Origin of clatteringly

From clattering + -ly.

Questions about clatteringly

What does clatteringly mean?
Clatteringly means with a clattering sound.
What part of speech is clatteringly?
Clatteringly is an adverb.

Words near clatteringly in the dictionary

  1. clatterer
  2. clatterers
  3. clatterest
  4. clattereth
  5. clattering
  6. clatteringly
  7. clatterings
  8. clatters
  9. clattersome
  10. clattery
  11. clattier

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