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xylophonically

xylophonically adverb: as if by a xylophone.

Adverb

xylophonically (not comparable)

  1. (rare) As if by a xylophone.
    • A fox trot idyl of the Orient, xylophonically told and played in excellent tempo.1919, The Judge: Volume 77
    • […] while the dishes on the bed tray clinked xylophonically against one another.2001, Dean Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye

Origin of xylophonically

From xylophonic + -ally.

Questions about xylophonically

What does xylophonically mean?
Xylophonically means as if by a xylophone.
What part of speech is xylophonically?
Xylophonically is an adverb.

Words near xylophonically in the dictionary

  1. xylophone
  2. xylophoned
  3. xylophonelike
  4. xylophones
  5. xylophonic
  6. xylophonically
  7. xylophoning
  8. xylophonist
  9. xylophonists
  10. xylophory
  11. xylophyte

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