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lurchingly

lurchingly adverb: with a lurching motion.

Adverb

lurchingly (comparative more lurchingly, superlative most lurchingly)

  1. With a lurching motion.
    • With slouched hat, Ahab lurchingly paced the planks.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of lurchingly

comparativemore lurchingly
superlativemost lurchingly

Origin of lurchingly

From lurching + -ly.

Questions about lurchingly

What does lurchingly mean?
Lurchingly means with a lurching motion.
What part of speech is lurchingly?
Lurchingly is an adverb.

Words near lurchingly in the dictionary

  1. lurcher
  2. lurchers
  3. lurches
  4. lurcheth
  5. lurching
  6. lurchingly
  7. lurchings
  8. lurchy
  9. lurdan
  10. lurdane
  11. lurdanes

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