flappingly
flappingly adverb: with a flapping motion.
Adverb
flappingly (comparative more flappingly, superlative most flappingly)
- With a flapping motion.
- His rigged large ears like a Fox-hounde flappingly pendent, whose vast stature was little lesse, then a verye naturall Olyphant.1592, Francesco Colonna, translated by Robert Dallington, Hypnerotomachia, London: Simon Waterson, page 15
- When he talked, he pawed the air with his hands flappingly, something after the fashion of a kangaroo […]1837, Theodore Hook, chapter 9, in Jack Brag, volume 1, London: Richard Bentley, page 287
Examples of flappingly in a sentence
- His blue overalls, faded from many washings, fitted him flappingly.1933, Ben Ames Williams, chapter 5, in Pascal’s Mill, New York: Dutton, page 75:
- Convulsions made the man dance flappingly all the time, made him change his expressions, too, as though he were trying to imitate various famous movie stars.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 80:
Forms of flappingly
| comparative | more flappingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most flappingly |
Origin of flappingly
From flapping + -ly.
Questions about flappingly
- What does flappingly mean?
- Flappingly means with a flapping motion.
- How do you use flappingly in a sentence?
- His blue overalls, faded from many washings, fitted him flappingly.
- What part of speech is flappingly?
- Flappingly is an adverb.
Words near flappingly in the dictionary
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