Suckingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With a sucking sound or motion.

    "[…] but, on a sudden, as the eightieth or ninetieth bucket came suckingly up — my God! poor Tashtego — like the twin reciprocating bucket in a veritable well, dropped head-foremost down into this great Tun of Heidelburgh, and with a horrible oily gurgling went clean out of sight!"

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"[…] but, on a sudden, as the eightieth or ninetieth bucket came suckingly up — my God! poor Tashtego — like the twin reciprocating bucket in a veritable well, dropped head-foremost down into this great Tun of Heidelburgh, and with a horrible oily gurgling went clean out of sight!"

Etymology

From sucking + -ly.

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