Crunchingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With a crunching sound or action.

    "As I stood there someone stepped crunchingly on the gravel path before the shuttered windows. I turned, and there was Pengelly."

Example

More examples

"As I stood there someone stepped crunchingly on the gravel path before the shuttered windows. I turned, and there was Pengelly."

Etymology

From crunching + -ly.

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