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driftingly

driftingly adverb: in a way that drifts.

Adverb

driftingly (comparative more driftingly, superlative most driftingly)

  1. In a way that drifts.
    • The clouds moved driftingly across the horizon.

Forms of driftingly

comparativemore driftingly
superlativemost driftingly

Origin of driftingly

From drifting + -ly.

Questions about driftingly

What does driftingly mean?
Driftingly means in a way that drifts.
What part of speech is driftingly?
Driftingly is an adverb.

Words near driftingly in the dictionary

  1. driftiness
  2. drifting
  3. drifting along
  4. drifting apart
  5. drifting off
  6. driftingly
  7. driftingness
  8. driftings
  9. driftland
  10. driftlands
  11. driftless

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