a-swimadv.
/əˈswɪm/ Swimming, afloat.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adverb] > moving freely on surface
afloat?1473
floatingly1660
natantly1847
a-swim1870
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 125 The shallow flowing sea..set the wrack a-swim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.1870- in broach
- in broad daylight
- in broad stroke
- in broad strokes
- in bud
- in bulk
- in business
- in buttons
- in by comparison with
- in by such wise
- in by the week
- in by the window
- in cabal
- in cahoot
- in cahoot with
- in cahoots
- in cahoots with
- in calf
- in camera
- in campania
- in candle
- in cap
- in capite
- in care
- in care of