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smackingly

smackingly adverb: with a smacking sound or motion.

Adverb

smackingly (comparative more smackingly, superlative most smackingly)

  1. With a smacking sound or motion.
    • She was, however, sensible of attention and kindness, and would occasionally smile to her nurses, or smackingly kiss them in a manner as explosive as her greeds and rages.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of smackingly

comparativemore smackingly
superlativemost smackingly

Origin of smackingly

From smacking + -ly.

Questions about smackingly

What does smackingly mean?
Smackingly means with a smacking sound or motion.
What part of speech is smackingly?
Smackingly is an adverb.

Words near smackingly in the dictionary

  1. smacking
  2. smacking around
  3. smacking down
  4. smacking out
  5. smacking up
  6. smackingly
  7. smackings
  8. smackless
  9. smacks
  10. smacks around
  11. smacks down

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