Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Boastingly. Barrow, Pope's Supremacy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb With a bounce.

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  • adverb With a bouncing motion.

Etymologies

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bouncing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • All this is in a well-paced, smartly plotted, bouncingly written package.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • All this is in a well-paced, smartly plotted, bouncingly written package.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • For all I know, she's always bouncingly nervous on air.

    CNBC's Burnett Atones for Toxic Toy Remarks, Almost 2007

  • She turned her head back on her long neck, lowing to the rest, and walked very slowly, and bouncingly.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • It came from the woods to the west, and simultaneously an object arched out of the trees, struck the ground and rolled bouncingly towards the rocks - a severed human head, the hideously painted face frozen in a snarl of death.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • And the echo of her lilting croon came back, bouncingly, to reassure her that this installation was not large and was set in natural stone caverns.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • And the echo of her lilting croon came back, bouncingly, to reassure her that this installation was not large and was set in natural stone caverns.

    The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • There were others, of course, louder and more bouncingly helpful, but it was Jo's cool face, tidy brushed-back hair, thin body, and speechless grace which provided the secretive prettiness I needed.

    Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959

  • Mrs. Dowling's spirits had strikingly recovered even before the pair passed from the corridor: she moved almost bouncingly beside her embittered son, and her eyes and all the convolutions of her abundant face were blithe.

    Alice Adams 1921

  • Bourbon, and bouncingly ready to "go out and have a time," Milt loafed about the streets with him, showing him the city.

    Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918

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