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  • adverb With a flapping motion.

Etymologies

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flapping +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "My ears are absolutely flappingly wide open, Lucius Cornelius," drawled Philippus.

    The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

  • His rigged large ears like a Fox-hounde flappingly pendent, whose vast stature was little lesse, then a verye naturall Olyphant.

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

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