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plungingly

plungingly adverb: with a motion like a plunge.

Adverb

plungingly (comparative more plungingly, superlative most plungingly)

  1. With a motion like a plunge.
    • The ship was sailing plungingly; astern the billows rolled in riots.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 plungingly

comparativemore plungingly
superlativemost plungingly

Origin of plungingly

From plunging + -ly.

Questions about plungingly

What does plungingly mean?
Plungingly means with a motion like a plunge.
What part of speech is plungingly?
Plungingly is an adverb.

Words near plungingly in the dictionary

  1. plunging
  2. plunging in
  3. plunging into
  4. plunging neckline
  5. plunging necklines
  6. plungingly
  7. plungings
  8. Plungė
  9. plunk
  10. plunked
  11. plunker

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