Lopingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With a loping motion; with long, easy strides.

    "From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema."

Example

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"From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema."

Etymology

From loping + -ly.

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