Ruttily

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rutty manner; with ruts.

    "[…] a track turned off the main road at right-angles and wandered ruttily over the veld, following the line of an earlier African footpath. This track led to the Roman Catholic Mission about seven miles off in the wilderness."

Example

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"[…] a track turned off the main road at right-angles and wandered ruttily over the veld, following the line of an earlier African footpath. This track led to the Roman Catholic Mission about seven miles off in the wilderness."

Etymology

From rutty + -ly.

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