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knockingly

knockingly adverb: with a knocking sound or motion.

Adverb

knockingly (comparative more knockingly, superlative most knockingly)

  1. (rare) With a knocking sound or motion.
    • The boy dragged on his rope reins, stirred a bit painfully in his seat, and drove slowly and knockingly away.1958, Paul Green, Drama and the weather
    • As the ship rocked, Silkie went flying across the room and came knockingly hard into a set of wooden water barrels.1983, Claudette Williams, Song of Silkie

Forms of knockingly

comparativemore knockingly
superlativemost knockingly

Origin of knockingly

From knocking + -ly.

Questions about knockingly

What does knockingly mean?
Knockingly means with a knocking sound or motion.
What part of speech is knockingly?
Knockingly is an adverb.

Words near knockingly in the dictionary

  1. knocking together
  2. knocking under
  3. knocking up
  4. knocking wood
  5. knocking-shop
  6. knockingly
  7. knockings
  8. knockins
  9. knockit
  10. knockits
  11. knockkneed

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