clankingly

clankingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English clanking
English -ly
English clankingly

    From clanking + -ly.

    Adverb

    clankingly (comparative more clankingly, superlative most clankingly)

    1. With a clanking sound.
      • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 203:
        Then he snored gently, the dog clankingly searching for fleas beside the planter’s chair, unaware as yet of her booked passage to India.
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