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larkingly

larkingly adverb: while sporting or frolicking; playfully.

Adverb

larkingly (comparative more larkingly, superlative most larkingly)

  1. While sporting or frolicking; playfully.

Forms of larkingly

comparativemore larkingly
superlativemost larkingly

Origin of larkingly

From larking + -ly.

Questions about larkingly

What does larkingly mean?
Larkingly means while sporting or frolicking; playfully.
What part of speech is larkingly?
Larkingly is an adverb.

Words near larkingly in the dictionary

  1. Larkinesque
  2. larkiness
  3. larking
  4. larking about
  5. larking around
  6. larkingly
  7. larkings
  8. Larkinian
  9. Larkinism
  10. Larkinist
  11. Larkinists

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