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ripplingly

ripplingly adverb: with a rippling motion.

Adverb

ripplingly (comparative more ripplingly, superlative most ripplingly)

  1. With a rippling motion.
    • Ripplingly withdrawing from his prey, Moby Dick now lay at a little distance, vertically thrusting his oblong white head up and down in the billows[…]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 ripplingly

comparativemore ripplingly
superlativemost ripplingly

Origin of ripplingly

From rippling + -ly.

Questions about ripplingly

What does ripplingly mean?
Ripplingly means with a rippling motion.
What part of speech is ripplingly?
Ripplingly is an adverb.

Words near ripplingly in the dictionary

  1. ripplier
  2. rippliest
  3. rippling
  4. Ripplinger
  5. Ripplingers
  6. ripplingly
  7. ripplings
  8. ripplon
  9. ripplonic
  10. ripplons
  11. ripply

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