Definitions
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- adverb in a
chanting manner
Etymologies
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chanting + -ly
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Examples
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Sylvia did not answer, every nerve bent on getting Camilla into safety, but a little red-headed boy from the second grade, who could scarcely talk plainly, burst out chantingly, pointing his dirty forefinger at Camilla:
The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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She says over the words, cooingly, chantingly, or frantically, as the expression marks, to which she seems to act, demand.
Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Arthur Symons 1905
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