a-swarmadv.
/əˈswɔːm/ Swarming.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > in crowds or companies
flock-mealc893
flockingly14..
flockly1552
throngingly1598
troopmeal1600
throngly1653
troopwise1820
a-swarm1830
flock-wise1837
shoal-wise1883
mob-handed1970
1830 Blackwood's Mag. 27 947 A shower of natural leaf-born flies a-swarm in the air.
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 147 Tutti Santi, think, a-swarm With Ghibellins, and yet he took no harm!
1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse 281 Shines yet with fire..From tossing torches round the dance aswarm.
1890 J. A. Symonds Ess. i. 166 The atmosphere..was aswarm with them.
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