droppinglyadv.
In a dropping manner; drop by drop; one by one.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > by pieces or piecemeal > drop by drop
drop-mealc1000
dropping-meal1398
droppinglyc1400
stillatim1668
dropwise1673
guttatim1694
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 278 If he makiþ watir droppynli and a litil at oonys.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 532/1 They came droppinglie in, and became good Subiects.
1844 E. B. Browning Vision of Poets Concl. vi The dew sliding droppingly From the leaf-edges.
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