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rumblingly

rumblingly adverb: with a rumbling sound; in a rumbling manner.

Adverb

rumblingly (comparative more rumblingly, superlative most rumblingly)

  1. With a rumbling sound; in a rumbling manner.
    • Three languages rapped, fumbled or rumblingly oozed all the while.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 129

Forms of rumblingly

comparativemore rumblingly
superlativemost rumblingly

Origin of rumblingly

From rumbling + -ly.

Questions about rumblingly

What does rumblingly mean?
Rumblingly means with a rumbling sound; in a rumbling manner.
What part of speech is rumblingly?
Rumblingly is an adverb.

Words near rumblingly in the dictionary

  1. rumblier
  2. rumbliest
  3. rumbling
  4. Rumbling Bridge
  5. rumbling on
  6. rumblingly
  7. rumblings
  8. rumbly
  9. rumbo
  10. rumbooze
  11. Rumbos

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