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skimmingly

skimmingly adverb: in a skimming manner.

Adverb

skimmingly (comparative more skimmingly, superlative most skimmingly)

  1. in a skimming manner
    • Whether sleeping, quarrelling, or playing, whether curious, frightened, or angry, its interest is continuously humorous, but the Adelie penguin in the water is another thing; as it darts to and fro a fathom or two below the surface, as it leaps porpoise-like into the air or swims skimmingly over...1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I
    • Yesterday, beside preaching a sermon more than half new, and attending a funeral (out of the society), I read skimmingly more than half Nichol's "Architecture of the Heavens."1852, Orville Dewey, letter to his daughter Mary

Forms of skimmingly

comparativemore skimmingly
superlativemost skimmingly

Origin of skimmingly

From skimming + -ly.

Questions about skimmingly

What does skimmingly mean?
Skimmingly means in a skimming manner.
What part of speech is skimmingly?
Skimmingly is an adverb.

Words near skimmingly in the dictionary

  1. skimmilk
  2. skimmilks
  3. skimming
  4. skimming off
  5. skimming through
  6. skimmingly
  7. skimmings
  8. skimmington
  9. skimmingtons
  10. skimmities
  11. skimmity

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