Droppingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In drops; one drop at a time. not-comparable

    "The birds sang and brake off again To shake their pretty feathers dry Of the dew sliding droppingly From the leaf-edges"

  2. 2
    bit by bit; one at a time not-comparable

    "our prayers come but droppingly from vs afterward in the ebbe of our affections"

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"The birds sang and brake off again To shake their pretty feathers dry Of the dew sliding droppingly From the leaf-edges"

Etymology

From dropping + -ly.

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