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slappingly

slappingly adverb: with a slapping sound or motion.

Adverb

slappingly (comparative more slappingly, superlative most slappingly)

  1. With a slapping sound or motion.
    • She […] stepped out slappingly upon her pasterns.1855, William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, The Odoherty papers, page 336
    • In Cree, among friends, it [a vulgar postscript] is hysterically, thigh-slappingly, gut-bustingly funny.2008, Drew Hayden Taylor, Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality, page 37

Forms of slappingly

comparativemore slappingly
superlativemost slappingly

Origin of slappingly

From slapping + -ly.

Questions about slappingly

What does slappingly mean?
Slappingly means with a slapping sound or motion.
What part of speech is slappingly?
Slappingly is an adverb.

Words near slappingly in the dictionary

  1. slapping leather
  2. slapping on the wrist
  3. slapping someone around
  4. slapping someone's wrist
  5. slapping together
  6. slappingly
  7. slappings
  8. slappity
  9. SLAPPs
  10. slappy
  11. Slappys

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