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suckingly

suckingly adverb: with a sucking sound or motion.

Adverb

suckingly (comparative more suckingly, superlative most suckingly)

  1. With a sucking sound or motion.
    • […] but, on a sudden, as the eightieth or ninetieth bucket came suckingly up — my God! poor Tashtego — like the twin reciprocating bucket in a veritable well, dropped head-foremost down into this great Tun of Heidelburgh, and with a horrible oily gurgling went clean out of sight!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 suckingly

comparativemore suckingly
superlativemost suckingly

Origin of suckingly

From sucking + -ly.

Questions about suckingly

What does suckingly mean?
Suckingly means with a sucking sound or motion.
What part of speech is suckingly?
Suckingly is an adverb.

Words near suckingly in the dictionary

  1. sucking-doves
  2. sucking-fish
  3. sucking-fishes
  4. sucking-pig
  5. sucking-pigs
  6. suckingly
  7. suckings
  8. suckitude
  9. suckitudinal
  10. suckjob
  11. suckjobs

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