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glidingly

glidingly adverb: with a motion that glides.

Adverb

glidingly (comparative more glidingly, superlative most glidingly)

  1. With a motion that glides.
    • She moved gracefully and glidingly among the other dancers.

Forms of glidingly

comparativemore glidingly
superlativemost glidingly

Origin of glidingly

From gliding + -ly.

Questions about glidingly

What does glidingly mean?
Glidingly means with a motion that glides.
What part of speech is glidingly?
Glidingly is an adverb.

Words near glidingly in the dictionary

  1. gliding lizard
  2. gliding plane
  3. gliding planes
  4. gliding vowel
  5. gliding vowels
  6. glidingly
  7. glidingness
  8. glidings
  9. glidy
  10. Gliese
  11. Gliese 581

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