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quackingly

quackingly adverb: in a quacking manner; with quacking sounds.

Adverb

quackingly (comparative more quackingly, superlative most quackingly)

  1. In a quacking manner; with quacking sounds.
    • ...expressing their satisfaction in deep, megaphone voices, until they are quite sure we have heard, when they go quackingly away to the nearest pond.1912, The English Illustrated Magazine
    • His anger broke and he cursed quackingly, cursed in bleats, cursed until he drooled and had to apply his sleeve to his mouth.1950, George C Appell, The Tin Trumpet of China

Forms of quackingly

comparativemore quackingly
superlativemost quackingly

Origin of quackingly

From quacking + -ly.

Questions about quackingly

What does quackingly mean?
Quackingly means in a quacking manner; with quacking sounds.
What part of speech is quackingly?
Quackingly is an adverb.

Words near quackingly in the dictionary

  1. quackgrasses
  2. quackhood
  3. quackier
  4. quackiest
  5. quacking
  6. quackingly
  7. quackings
  8. quackish
  9. quackishly
  10. quackishness
  11. quackism

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