trippingly

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The SMC -- trippingly off the tongue call it EZ Connect ™ g 2. 4GHz 802. 11g Wireless Traveler's Kit (SMCWTK-G) -- can act as an access point, an Ethernet bridge (so full MAC masquerading onto any network),

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  1. In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step or movement; with agility; nimbly. Sing, and dance it trippingly. Shak., M. N. D., v. 1. 403. Speak the speech … trippingly on the tongue. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 2.

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  • The SMC -- trippingly off the tongue call it EZ Connect ™ g 2. 4GHz 802. 11g Wireless Traveler's Kit (SMCWTK-G) -- can act as an access point, an Ethernet bridge (so full MAC masquerading onto any network), —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Her limbs were tremulous; she seemed a little Cassandra, in nervousness No sooner was the pair spied by the herb-doctor, than with a cheerful air, both arms extended like a host's, he advanced, and taking the child's reluctant hand, said, trippingly: "On your travels, ah, my little May Queen? —  The Confidence-Man
  • She had meant, on reaching the gunboats,--ah, inconceivable bliss!--to win her way with her feet; with willowy graces and eloquent pantomime, to have danced along the deck and into favor trippingly: now, if she should have strength enough left to fall on her knees, it would be strange. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865
  • It danced elfishly, and trippingly--for very joy it made one laugh. —  Joyce of the North Woods
  • Commonly his tongue ran trippingly, but with the opening words his speech halted. —  Montlivet
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