Definitions

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  • adverb So as to vault or leap.
  • adverb figuratively With great scope or ambition.

Etymologies

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vaulting +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Instead of having a good work ethic, she becomes relentlessly, vaultingly ambitious.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Flash-ahah 2009

  • Instead of having a good work ethic, she becomes relentlessly, vaultingly ambitious.

    Ada Lovelace Day Flash-ahah 2009

  • 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.

    The Jets Just Keep On Coming 2007

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