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flatlings

flatlings is the alternative form of flatling.

Meaning of flatling

Adverb

flatling (comparative more flatling, superlative most flatling)

  1. Flatly, plainly.
  2. In a flat position.
  3. With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
    • Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke, / In signe of true subjection to her powre […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of flatlings

comparativemore flatlings
superlativemost flatlings

Origin of flatlings

From Middle English flatlynges, equivalent to flat + -ling + -s.

Questions about flatlings

What is flatlings the alternative form of?
Flatlings is the alternative form of flatling.

Words near flatlings in the dictionary

  1. flatlined
  2. flatliner
  3. flatliners
  4. flatlines
  5. flatling
  6. flatlings
  7. flatlining
  8. flatlock
  9. flatlong
  10. flatly
  11. Flatman

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