Definitions
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- adverb So as to
vault orleap . - adverb figuratively With great
scope orambition .
Etymologies
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vaulting + -ly
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Examples
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Instead of having a good work ethic, she becomes relentlessly, vaultingly ambitious.
Archive 2009-03-01 Flash-ahah 2009
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Instead of having a good work ethic, she becomes relentlessly, vaultingly ambitious.
Ada Lovelace Day Flash-ahah 2009
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Despite their occasional errors of taste and sensibility, the creators of "West Side Story" never made the mistake of failing to feel, and Jerome Robbins's vaultingly vital street-kid choreography is to my mind without flaws of any kind.
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