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tossingly

tossingly adverb: with a tossing motion.

Adverb

tossingly (not comparable)

  1. With a tossing motion.
    • […] And sweet to both their buoy'd career, as on the river's face / Through gold-tinged whirlpools tossingly they float into the race; […]1822, The London Magazine, volume 6, page 441

Origin of tossingly

From tossing + -ly.

Questions about tossingly

What does tossingly mean?
Tossingly means with a tossing motion.
What part of speech is tossingly?
Tossingly is an adverb.

Words near tossingly in the dictionary

  1. tossing salad
  2. tossing someone's salad
  3. tossing the pieman
  4. tossing together
  5. tossing up
  6. tossingly
  7. tossings
  8. tossjob
  9. tossjobs
  10. tossment
  11. tosspiece

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